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Let us continue our lesson please:
Avoiding strife is not a
suggestion; it is a command.
The servant of the
Lord must not be in strife. You are a servant
of the Lord,
so you cannot
quarrel, bicker and fight
with anyone. But
be gentle unto
all men, apt
to teach, patient, In
meekness instructing those
that oppose themselves (or
those that are
in strife and opposition to
one another); if
God peradventure will give
them repentance to
the acknowledging of
the
truth; And
that they may
recover themselves out
of the snare of
the devil, who
are taken captive
by him at his
will (2 Tim.2:24-26).
You cannot
afford strife. It
will cause you
to be taken captive
by Satan at
Satan's will. You
are no longer a
civilian. You are
a soldier of
the Cross. You have
answered the call
and taken your
place in the ranks
of the forces
of Almighty God.
Put on the
armor and fight the
good fight of
faith. If you
surrender to the enemy,
you will be
worthless to the
kingdom of God. The
last thing God
needs is for
His army to become prisoners of war!
When you are not walking in love and have strife in your life,
the gifts of
the Spirit are
stopped. First Corinthians 13:1-3
says, Though I
speak with tongues of men and of angels, and have not
charity (love), I am become as sounding
brass, or a
tinkling cymbal. And though
I have the
gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and
all knowledge; and
though I have
all faith, so that
I could remove
mountains, and have
not charity (love), I
am nothing. And
though I bestow
all my goods to feed
the poor, and
though I give
my body to be
burned, and have
not charity (love),
it profiteth me nothing.
The words of
wisdom and of knowledge, the
gift of faith, gifts
of healing, working
of miracles, discerning of spirits,
tongues and interpretation of
tongues and prophecy are
nine weapons of
our warfare. If
Satan attacks them individually, he
has nine fights
on his hands. All
he has to
do to defeat
all of them
in one stroke is
simply cause strife
among those who
are operating in the
gifts. Think about
that in the
light of James 3:16: where there
is strife, there is confusion and every
evil work. No wonder
there has been
so much confusion connected
with the operation
of the gifts
of
the Spirit.
Stand on
the Word of
God and take
control of your feelings. Strife
is born in
the emotions. To
control your emotions, you
must control your
tongue. The Bible says
that the person
who can control
his words
can gain mastery over
his entire body (James3:2).
Be dedicated.
Decide to please the
Father.
Decide to live in
victory.
Decide to walk the
life of love.
Decide to live by faith.
Make the
quality, no-turning-back decision
that if your faith won't get it,
then you won't have it—because you are
determined to live by faith!
Satan will see to
it that sooner or later you will come to
a place where
you will have
to make the
choice.
Don't ever
make the choice
to do it
the easy way
and not believe God for it. When
it comes down to it, stand on the
Word and use
your faith. Always take
the Word way. Always
take the faith
way. Stand immovable on the
promises of God.
God will keep you
safe in His will in Jesus name!
Thanks,
Join me again
tomorrow for the continuation
John Olanrewaju
Pastor, Author, Poet, Creativity, Business, Relationship,
Career & Life Coach
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