HELP - World-wide pandemic without vaccine

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Pornography is by far the most sought after materials on the internet today. It has become so rampant in the world today more than any other time in history. The devil has succeed in perverting sex, a good and desirable thing created by God for the enjoyment of the man and woman in marriage and turn it to a show of mockery. Sex has become an open show in the clubs. Parties, among strangers in open air. Satan has released wicked spirit of lust to possess people and push them to question why they cannot make love in public places.

The devil has also possessed millions of men and women worldwide who do not care about the damage to the society of their pornographic activities. All that matters to them is the money that flow into their accounts. The actors themselves are busy advertising their body and asking their victim to book for their services, so you have men and women of all age bracket from the teens to Grannies who have covenanted with Satan and pay allegiance to the Queen of the Coast to debase and destroy mankind and sent millions to hell fire.

Because of the sinful nature of man, the addictive nature of pornography cannot be underestimated. Man is naturally drawn to the opposite sex. the eyes delights in seeing whatever the mind thinks is not right and the flesh inside us (the old man) loves to see and enjoy pleasure.

A pornographic clip therefore becomes the kicker to the enjoyment the flesh wants to see. Naked pictures and video clips of beautiful women are too difficult a temptation for a canal man to resist if the Word of God is not dwelling inside of him.

For the men, the lust starts from the eyes, which sees the naked pictures and clips. This picture is then "cultured" in the laboratory of the heart through meditation until the heart begins to see mental pictures of sex movies you can ever imagine. Sometimes the devil will show you strange pictures in order to retain that evil thought in your mind.. You will begin to lust after beautiful women you see in the street, wishing they could be yours - terrible hmnnn. 

After lusting for these women in your heart for long (the devil sustaining it), the flesh or your body begin to seek action. You have transited to lust of the flesh. The flesh will convince you that the excitement is worth seeing and that having real fun will do you good. After all, you have been without a woman for months. This is the devil speaking to you!

Mr  flesh will then push you to go and see what happened in the video clip or CD you sighted in the beginning, after which you begin to call your old girlfriends to reconcile with them or become nice to ladies close to you, your colleagues or even neighbors.  Mr flesh has succeeded in stretching you to the full. In all these, the devil will make sure the Word of God will not enter your spirit to interrupt you. So you are in a hurry to look good and reconcile with any girl just to have fun, after which you will regret all the stress.

This process is played back to the mind to keep the person addicted and unstable spiritually. Pornography is lusting after the opposite sex in the heart, a sinful act mentioned in Matt 5:28. In 1John 2:16, the bible says the motion and tension pornography bring to bear on people are not of the Father, but of the world, so you have the right and authority to resist it with the Word of God and prayer.

The good news is that not everyone that sees porn will become addicted to it. Some will get away with shock and unbelief; others will have strange ideas about women and sex. For instance some people after seeing it thinks women are worthless, only good when a man want to "do spot". Others will think that marriage is not worth it if a woman can dehumanize themselves as they do in pornographic clips. These are altogether unhealthy thoughts for a godly society.

Those who become addicted have some existing emotional challenges that will allow the demon of lust to take root.  The bible said if you sow unto the flesh, you reap corruption. if you acquire naked picture if women and hang in your room, you welcome the demon of lust and soon, you will start lusting after women, masturbating and watching porn. If as a lady, you're greedy for money, you will end up in prostitution and you will be forced to do  things that are not convenient. If you notice unusually urge for sex or evil voice telling you to misbehave, you should urgently seek help from genuine men of God, close confidants, else the devil can easily put you in bondage.

The spirit of lust is a difficult spirit to cast away in deliverance. You can cast it away, but if the Word of God is not living in that life, and such a person is not ready to live a holy life, merely seeing a seductively dressed woman  or a naked picture can trigger up lust again. This is why believers must flee nakedness in all its form. The enemy is releasing naked pictures and clips of people you cannot believe to tell the world that nakedness is normal. NO. Its a trap of the enemy. Hear me beloved; until you overcome lust and its motions, you can hardly live a pure and holy life that is pleasing to God.

Child of God, flee from anything naked for heaven sake.  I was in a religious camp many years ago, when all of a sudden; the devil took hold of a woman early in the morning when we were hurrying to bath. She took a bucket of water to the centre of the bathing area, removed her wrapper and started bathing naked out there. That misconduct caused ripples in the heart of men that day in the camp. Nakedness has an arresting power on even the elect, avoid it.

Pornography is today the number 1 addiction in the USA and indeed the world. This pandemic tears people and relationships apart.  Many have died watching porn, others have crashed their cars while watching porno while driving. With sophistication in communication and with internet on the phones, it is now readily available for free, accessible and still anonymous. People in high and low places assess the illicit sexual materials in the confined of their cars, houses, and during night hours without being discovered, but with great consequences of being addicted to watching pornography and loosing their salvation and heaven.

Many people are today suffering the emotional shame of being a child of God in the church and being a porn addict at home. Many cannot bear it and so they are withdrawing from church activities because of guilty conscience.

Some people reading this piece will wonder why is  a Prophet man of God writing about pornography. Why should we not find the way out of this deadly trap of Satan, which nobody is ready to address. Secret sins are difficult to uproot, once they have taken root, but God will help any of you suffering this problem in Jesus name. Many have given their heart to Jesus, yet  this lustful habits refuse to go because it is a sin of the heart.

This is the terrible worldwide pandemic that has no vaccine, the world Health Organization, USAIDS etc are not even interested in handling it to help humanity. In fact, it could even be going on right in their offices around the world and destroying marriages, children and the women folk. Meanwhile, check out the social problems this pandemic is causing worldwide. The pandemic called pornography is responsible for:

1. Rise in rape cases around the world.

2. Rise in cases of sexually transmitted diseases, rise in.

3. Rise in prostitution and all manner of illicit behaviour

4. Rise in child pornography

5. Rise in office romance

6. Rise in cases of infidelity which is ravaging homes.

7. Rise in separation and divorce cases in marriage

As Christians, the danger of pornography is grave.  It is capable of making millions finish their race in hell fire. It is one of the traps of Satan to hinder spiritual growth and progress of a child of God. It makes their victim spiritually unstable as they continue to repent everyday of the same sin. over time, it becomes difficult for them  to pray to God and exercise spiritual authority over the devil as a child of God.

It brings the feeling of guilt on the child of God, who is born again and probably speaking in tongues, yet the problem persists. Let me assure people passing through this problem that there is solution in Christ Jesus.

Pornography cast aspersions on the kingdom services of a child of God. They are seen as being committed to the work of God, but in the realm of the spirit, their work is not accepted. Once our services are not accepted, our prayers would also not be accepted for the prayer of a sinner is an abomination before God. The brother or sister in question becomes vulnerable to attack and affliction from the pit of hell. Secret sins like masturbation, watching pornography, lusting for the opposite sex  are traps of the enemy to nullify the services of careless children of the kingdom. 

It is also used in putting such believers in bondage.  A story is told of a committed lady in the choir of a church who died in her sleep and when her room was broken into, it was found out that she was masturbating with a vibrator and the vibrating machine was still working, while she had passed on. The enemy wasted her service in the house of God through masturbation.

We are in the era of seduction mentioned in the bible. It will be so strong that even the very elect will struggle to escape, we are approaching that period. The elect and the church of Christ must stand up against act or behaviour that pollutes the environment and the church. All seductive appearance must be openly rebuked; compromising positions in and outside the church should be rebuked. All forms of naked appearances to please self and "belong" to the happening babes class should be rebuked openly in the church of God.

THE WAY OUT -  SOLUTION

1. Acknowledge you have a problem and ask for God's help. Don't justify yourself on any ground.

2. Recognize it for what it is  - a sin

3. Accept your self-will cannot deliver you.

4. Repent and ask God to forgive you

5. Destroy every naked pictures and materials around you

6. Guide your eyes and your heart. Do not meditate on evil thwings, only meditate on good and pure things.

7. Bind and cast out every evil thought that comes into your mind. Know that such thoughts come to all men, so it is your duty to cast it out. 

8. Avoid browsing the internet when you are alone or at night when all are sleeping

9. Take your eyes off the opposite sex except your own wife. Don't meditate on the beauty of any woman in your heart.

10. Take your mind and thought away from sex. Avoid corrupt jokes and worldly song. Pursue the Word of God, to study and meditate on it daily.

11. Get actively involved in church group activities to utilize your spare times/hours.

12. Pursue after righteousness and meditate on God's love and purpose for your life.

13. After repentance, plan to do something big for God.

Shalom!

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HELP- Office romance is destroying homes

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I have a burden for marriages and I'm concerned about the way our behavior and conduct directly or indirectly erodes family values and put marriages in danger. Some of our married sisters have continued to behave as single ladies years after marriage.  There is always a line drawn after marriage for jokes, play and familiarity in general. 

Today, many marriages are sick to the point of comatose because of ignorance, "I don't care attitude and disobedience to the word of God. Some couples are already exploring strange ways to find satisfaction in life as marriage they say, has not been fair to them. Though office romance may not be the only reason for the many separations and divorces we are seeing in marriage today, it has contributed to it or worsened the menace. 

Many who have made their mark in life, intelligent and successful young people have been leveled and brought low in marriage, partly because marriage has no quick fix.  The couples must work out their marriage and commit to its success. They must fear God, love themselves and refuse to be seperated by friends and relatives.

They must also be Committed to the success of their relationship. Marriage is a long distance marathon race, not a sprint. It is not in marriage today that the man will continue to boss the wife around or ignore her feelings, also the wife that thinks because she earns more money than the husband, she will no longer submit to him is not doing well. These are some of the realities that are threatening marriages and frustrating couples, not forgetting childlessness and enemies behind the scene. 

Frustrated women easily fall prey to mischievous male colleagues who try to comfort them with fake words and compliments. Many ladies fall flat to this smart trap, saying her colleague appreciates them more than their husband.This is usually the loophole the enemy uses to gain a foothold on the marriage to attack it either that time or later in the future.

  

This is because even if the situation is resolved, women hardly close the door of friendship they opened with one or two colleagues during the challenging times. This is one of the ways office romance start for some ladies.

Infidelity or marital unfaithfulness is seriously threatening families today because of lack of fear of God and indiscipline. Many young people think that sleeping with senior officers will give them protection and promotion. In the financial institution, this is very rampant.  Divorcées, single mothers and widowers in high positions entice younger men with pecks in order to satisfy their lust, and many aggressive young married men start platonic relationship with charming ladies, which develop with time to threaten their marriages.  What then is office romance?

OFFICE ROMANCE:

This is a simply relationship with a colleague in the office. It is common with spinsters and bachelors who think maybe they can meet their love in the office or those who just cannot control their emotions.  It becomes a worrisome matter when married people are involved. when married men or women abandons their spouse for the man or lady they met in the office, the effect of such relationship, no matter how they cover it, will affect their marriages and relationship at home many years after they have left the work. It could lead to separation, divorce or even untimely death.  Though many reputable organizations frown at it and others has strict rules forbidding it, it however still thrives underground.

Office romance has its price, apart from destroying the home. It causes low productivity and waters-down the authority of a compromising officer over the subordinates. If you are the manager and happen to misbehave with your subordinate, you loose your authority in that office, as your other workers will easily question your judgement. 

Young people who find it difficult to control their emotions will always have their fingers burnt due to office romance. They loose their jobs for sometimes milling round their boss mistress.

HOW DOES IT START

In a lot of ways and for many varied reasons, people become drawn to each other in the work place. Some guys will just start greeting and complimenting a married woman/lady, telling her how beautiful she looks.  This behavior is continued until it permeates the lady’s heart and she begins to pay attention to the guy and her dressing everyday.

Some other people devise their own methods of getting close to their target lady or man.  It always ends in a wrong way with one person bearing the brunt, It bring down morale and authority in the work place and many times lead to reduced productivity.

Once in place, office affair make people look forward to going to the office rather than being with their family. It causes people to leave home early in the morning and return very late at night on the excuse of overtime or work overload.

Whenever one is in place, an observant husband or wife will notice the eagerness of his partner to go early to work. Also, there will be a subtle efforts on the partner having the affair to dress better in order to please his office boss/mistress/lover. 

REASONS FOR OFFICE ROMANCE

There are many factors responsible for this unhealthy behaviour, but the truth is that most women who do this does not understand their responsibility in marriage. Marriage is a union and not a joining together that leaves any part wholly or partly independent.

After marriage, the lady’s body is not her own alone, but that of  the husband also.  Some of the reasons advanced by women are sickening. Here are some of them:

1. Some women have high sexual drive which their husband cannot meet up with. From where did they get the high sexual drive? - some of them are exposured to blue films and pornography. .After hiding to watch those crazy drug propelled women, without any value for their body, they want to practice same at home. Sister/madam, you are trying to kill your husband!

2. Other women are doing it. hmnnn, who are those other women. some of then are widows, single mothers and divorcees and women who have separated from their husband. These women eager for companion because some of them are lonely.

Instead of them to look up to God and trouble God with prayer without season according to 1 Thessalonians 5:17, some of them are going about helping themselves, falling easily to younger men and sometimes boys. I once stumbled on a young boy who they say was a "powerhouse"; to a matured single mother in Abuja. But unknown to the woman, the young man was also "power housing" the woman's housemaid. This is evil. 

What are the other reasons?

3. They stay long hours in the office, get familiar and share information and jokes. Is all these any cogent reason to destroy your home and/or loose eternity? NO.

4. To get promotion in a competitive and highly rewarding environment.

5. Frustration in their marriage - These category of women discuss their marriage freely with some colleagues who pretend to care about them and even love them more than their husbands. These fake compliments and relationship eventually work against the marriage of the lady.

6. The next reason is laughable - meeting a dude (whatever these funny words mean) who has so much confidence, drive and creativity like their husband. Can you imagine this kind of grammer coming from a married woman. 

A believer working in the office either within or outside his state, should realize the burden of trust and responsibility God and marriage placed on them.  Without knowing some of these basics, and being guided by them, a lot of ladies carry on with their spinster attires, dressing, talking and cracking corrupt jokes with colleagues.  

Some even fill the overtime sheet willing to work after hours. Tell me,  in which reasonable office are married women who have their home and children to care of, are asked to work overtime. I believe that lack of Word of God is also a factor. Where is infidelity when the word of God is dwelling inside of us. 

The Word of God restrain us from many worldly desires and behaviour and focus our mind on the right things. All the talk of high sexual drive would be curtailed as they are caused by things we choose to expose ourselves to. All the lack of interest in sex, low libido, unnecessary use of sexually motivating drugs and drinks will be a thing of the past. Also, with God in a marriage, couples will jointly and honestly address any sexual difficulties that come the way of their joy in marriage.

  

Any one going into marriage as a Christian should know that marriage is responsibility and not a child’s play.  Marriage is a place to fulfill God’s plan for your life and that of your family. Any one going into marriage should also know that marriage is built on God’s Word, love and trust.

If God is not in your marriage, then Tom, dick and Harry will manipulate and influence the marriage and eventually destroy it. But, if God be in your marriage, by this I mean that both of you have given your heart to Jesus Christ, then the fear of God will guide you.

Love and trust are basic to any successful union. This trust must never be broken as it could bring the relationship to an end. Some people find it difficult to forgive their unfaithful partners, while some think their unfaithful partners cannot change. All these bring strife which eventually bring separation or divorce. Because trust takes time to build, and it strengthens the love among couples, I will suggest the following helpful tips and  guidelines for young people.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR WORKING CLASS MARRIED WOMAN

Let our sisters take note of the following rules also: 

OFFICE CONDUCT RULES:

1."TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE OPPOSITE SEX!

2. " AVOID BODILY CONTACT WITH THE  OPPOSIT SEX (STRANGERS)" in the office

3. DON'T DISCUSS YOUR MARRIAGE WITH A THIRD PARTY.

4. MAKE A VOW OF CHASTITY

5. HANDLE YOUR BODY WITH HONOUR

6. COMMIT TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR MARRIAGE

7. NO SCANTY DRESSING.

DANGERS OF OFFICE ROMANCE:

1. Loss of employment.

2. Loss of respect among colleagues.

3. Moral burden and betrayal of trust.

4. Conflict of interest issues.

5. Loss of authority.

6. The integrity question - Colleagues will start questioning your judgement in certain matters, thinking you are biased.

7. Misconduct: I witnessed one  among fresh recruits in a bank in Lagos some years ago, that led to the sack of the two randy employees. 

The bank was conducting training for fresh graduates newly hired by the bank before their posting. The head of Human Resources went to the Ladies in the cool afternoon when a training session was going on. She heard a lady's ecstatic cry in one of the toilet cabins. The  Lady was urging her young man to go deeper...hmnnn. The head HR, being a woman was shocked and wondered if these were the fresh graduates that will take the bank to the next level..NO. She waited for them to finish and collected their ID. Your guess is as good as mine, why was that - office romance!

HOW TO AVOID IT

1. Any woman that discusses her family issues to colleagues will one day regret it. STOP IT NOW. Every family has issue, why discuss your husband with small boys in your office who are not even up to your husband?. You are not doing well.

2. Avoid over familiarity with colleagues.

3. Avoid unnecessary play and body contact.

4. If you must discuss your marital challenges, let it be with trusted married women for ladies and married man for men. Never with an opposite sex as it may serve as invitation to dialogue.

5. Be professional, focus on your duties. Take your eyes off the opposite sex.

6. Start no mutual friendship that will build excitement between you and a married man or woman.

7. Resist every demonic instincts and impulse. Fear God in all you do in the office.

8. Don't lust for evil things in your heart. Trust in the Lord for your promotion and work hard.

9. Never you take advantage of peoples challenges to exploit them.

CONCLUSION:

Beloved, there is no temptation that you cannot overcome if you are determined. Married men and women, please make a vow of chastity and God will help you to overcome every office or even market place trial in Jesus name.

Guide yourself, your integrity and marriage. If a mischievous man is daily complimenting you in the office, ask him how many times he complimented his wife and rebuke that serpent. He is looking for a loophole to gain access to your life and marriage.  If there are issues at home, help your spouse to overcome it.

All those who have made this regrettable mistake, repent and cry to God for forgiveness. then you forgive yourself and say NEVER AGAIN to this trap of Satan in Jesus name.

Shalom!

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Book Review: Walking in the Newness of Life- By David O. Oyedepo

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INTRODUCTION

This book with eleven (11) chapters was written to show that a believer cans walk in holiness, though we were conceived and born in iniquity. It is expected that when we give our heart to Jesus Christ, which is our reconciliation to our God, we should follow through and walk our confession.

We are expected to walk in obedience to God's word, observing to do all it says in faith.  When we do this, we have the courage and boldness to step out of the wilderness of sin of this world into a life of purity, righteousness and holiness.

This is new life in Christ which is after the new man created in the image of God is the super highway of victory over the devil, his influences and oppression. It is also the path to power with God, prosperity and destiny fulfillment.

THE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1: - THE HORRORS OF SIN

All unrighteousness is sin. Whatever is not right is wrong. Sin brings reproach. Erodes honour and bring low. Sin is at the root of affliction, disease and death. (Ezek.18:20) 

Sin has three dimensions:

a) It is deceptive (Heb 3:13)

b) It offers temporal pleasure (Heb. 11:25)

c) It is destructive (Prov. 11:3)

Sin is not anybody's friend; it is an enemy that brings shame and destruction. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, he was stripped naked (Gen. 3:20)

Crookedness could bring temporal gains, it is a barrier to honour, let it go from your life. Unfaithfulness, cheating and taking advantage of people is corruption you should depart from, else you will see corruption. Prov. 11:3

Depart from Egypt (worldliness), meddle not with sin so that you do not become entangled with it and end up in shame. Despise not the Word of God, depart from iniquity - repeatedly going back to a particular sin, else you provoke God to anger and you are destroyed.

Let the Newness of life desperate you from sickness, disease and death and bring you peace of God, healing and deliverance. Acquaint yourself with Him, receive His word and store in your heart and you shall flourish.

CHAPTER 2:  AGENTS OF SIN

From 2 Timothy 3:1-5, we can see three traps the enemy has set against the end-time church to defile the saints. This defilement will come through:

a) Immorality

b) Financial corruption

c) Rebellion

IMMORTALITY

Sexual immorality is a very powerful weapon of the enemy. Through it, the devil has destroyed countless destinies. Prov. 7:26.

Do you want to be cast down; Do you want to be slain? - my advice (Fire in the bone), take your eyes off women, I mean the opposite sex. Marry and be committed to your spouse.

Let go the sin of immorality, otherwise it will cast you down. Beware of the lap of Delilah, once you enter her blossom, shame and slavery follows Prov. 6: 27-29.

If you are already entrapped init now, hear the word of God in Eph 5:14 - Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light. Sexual sin give temporal pleasure that leads to death. Purify yourself from it that you may walk in the newness of life

FINANCIAL CORRUPTION:

This is the time of greed and covetousness. In the bible 3000 men died holding on to their gold (Exo.32:31),  Gehazi received the Leprosy of Naaman and went out from the presence of Elisha a Leper as white as snow 2 kings 5:25-27.

The love of money is the root of all evil and Apostle Paul admonished Timothy to flee, and rather follow after righteousness.

Jesus made it clear to us that "You cannot serve God and Mammon". meaning that you cannot serve God and money. It also means that both will demand attention and worship, the choice is your, whom you will worship (Fire in the bone)

REBELLION:

This is another sin that claimed souls in the wilderness. In Numbers 16, it claimed an entire household. Dathan, Jorah and Abiram and 250 others and their families perished.

Rebellion is a deliberate rejection of orders given by a higher authority or God. It is very risky and the consequences are always fatal. It is risky to disobey your biological parents, risky to disobey the church hierarchy or your spiritual father and it is a disaster to reject God's order.

Rebellion is a dangerous thing to do. It is likened to the sin of witchcraft 1Samuel 15:23. When you react against leadership, you disqualify yourself from being a leader.

Beware of rebellion, for it looks around for the stubborn ones to take. Do not make yourself available. In these last days, rebellion will come as a spirit. This is why you are seeing all the protests, rioting, rights movements even to the absurd - People posing nude to express their anger over an issue. The spirit of rebellion is behind all the "We will not agree", I don't believe in this, I don't believe in that".

CHAPTER 3 -   CONTROLLING POWERS

There are controlling powers behind the sin problem. 

Many continue in sin due to manipulation from the powers of their father's house, who want to keep them in bondage. I have good news for you; you can be free from them.  

In Romans 7:18-19, 21-23, Apostle Paul talk about the force of sin that hold sons of men bound in sin to destroy their lives.

SPIRIT OF THE WORLD:

Essentially, our battles are spiritual which therefore requires a spiritual approach.  We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers. Against the rulers of this world,  against spiritual wickedness in high places. These powers and their agents are the powers behind the anger, smoking, drinking and sometimes prostitution that go on.

This spirit make people fashion crazy to the extent of borrowing clothes from their friends to show off when nobody is looking at them. When materialism and quest for power and money captures you, you become ungrateful and unthankful. Such a person becomes an enemy of God.

LYING SPIRIT: 

This is a terrible spirit that makes people indulge in telling lies without minding the consequences. This spirit attacks almost everyone who refuses to resist it.  You cannot imagine people; ministers of God telling lies and some of them may even look so anointed under its influence.

THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE: ROM. 8:15  Luke 13:16

This spirit is responsible for getting people tied down and locked up and chained. It is a spirit of captivity.

THE SPIRIT OF WHOREDOM

This spirit constantly craves filthiness, sexual immorality, making motions in the body. It is the spirit of adultery and fornication at work.

You have prayed, cried unto God, yet you can't breakaway. There is unclean spifit involved.

THE SPIRIT OF DISOBEDIENCE

This spirit is out there to help people fulfill the desires of the flesh. This spirit works in alliance with the spirit of the world and witchcraft spirits and agents to manipulate people to put their lust and desires ahead of God's word.

CHAPTER 4 :    YOU CAN DISARM SIN

Sin is at the root of human calamity. In the race for righteousness, the man is the determining factor, and not the devil. I want you to know you can disarm sin through the name and the blood of Jesus, through the new birth.

God is no respecter of persons and the scriptures cannot be broken. Until you are saved, you can't be safe from sin. No man can win over the devil without Christ. 

The grace to overcome cannot be released upon you until you become a child of God. Until then, there is a death sentence hanging over your head, your education, statute, age and connection not withstanding John 1:12

As many as will cry to Jesus for help saying "Jesus, I am a sinner, have mercy and forgive me". Come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour. He will save you and immediately, sin will lose its grip on you instantly. John3:3

With sin, you need to exercise yourself and keep your body under check. When your body is under check, it means that it is subdued for you to exercise it. You say yo immortality NO., To bribery and corruption, NO. Say no to envy, bitterness, lying and strife NO.

You must caution and advice yourself always to keep your body in checks. There is no luck in sports, only those who practice will excel.

Another way to exercise yourself in righteousness is to cast off all forms of unrighteousness around you. ROM. 13:12. Casting off imply the use of force. It is your duty to command the demons manipulating you to leave and off it goes. Command the same spirit to enter no more.

There is also the putting off of all unrighteousness around you just like you remove your clothes. (Col. 3:8). 

The bible say put off because you know yourself better and what secret sins you commit, what iniquity you commit from time to time. You know where anger is lurking in your heart, where malice, pride, wrath, lying, filthy communication etc.

You must put off these works of the flesh daily as you notice their motion in your body or heart. It means they will be around you as you go about your normal duty and routines of life. So you must put them off and be free.

Putting On:

After you cast off those silent sin, the sins of the heart, then you fill your heart with the bowels of mercy, kindness, meekness and longsuffering. All these are treasures that lead to the manifestation of righteousness.

Mortify:

In col. 3:5-7, we are asked to mortify our members which are upon the earth means that we are born with these evil inside. But we are expected to destroy them out of our lives in order to make progress in life. 

These evils, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence and covetousness, were referred to as the deeds of the body ROM. 8:13. Purge Yourself every day, purify yourself daily and keep yourself from idols  1 John 5:21

Go for the light if God, which is the Word. The coming of light brings illumination that the devil cannot comprehened. We are talking about revelation, insight and demystifying of mysteries. The entrance of the words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

And the light shines in darkness and darkness cannot handle it. So. When God's word enters your heart, your struggle with sin will come to an end.

To be continued…

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How a woman almost seduced me – Pastor Enoch Adeboye

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Pastor Enoch Adeboye

The story of how a Lagos socialite tried to seduce him gives give credence to the saying that the bigger the head, the bigger the headache.

This readily formed the nucleus of Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s sermon on Thursday night at the ongoing 62nd annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. 

It was a deliverance service and almost one million people had converged at the auditorium of the Redemption Camp for the event and they were held spellbound when, their revered General Overseer, Pastor Adeboye started to narrate a ministry- threatening experience he had to the consternation of the crowd.

Pastor-Adeboye Preaching a sermon titled; ‘The yoke-destroyer’, the man of God enumerated three different kinds of yoke that truncate one’s dream of nosy future to include; 

• Physical yoke.

• Material yoke and 

• Spiritual yoke

Explaining that the Holy Spirit is the only oke destroyer who is able to destroy any form of yoke in any man’s life. 

He further challenged the congregation to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and be agents of God who will be breaking yokes, noting that there were certain forces or challenges of life that human beings cannot solve by their own efforts except through the help of the Holy Spirit. 

Drawing inspirations from the Holy Bible, where many persons were said to have undergone several life- threatening challenges, he narrated that a high profile woman who was an executive of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, did everything to seduce him.

According to him, the woman came to him and announced to him that God had told her that he would be her husband, and immediately he rebuked her, saying “you know that I am happily married and have children.” 

That didn’t deter the woman who continued to pester him, and even came to the camp to threaten him, saying “if you stand on my way to marrying this man, I will kill you.” Continuing, Pastor Adeboye took the matter to then Inspector General of Police who immediately invited the woman and her husband to his office and after a meeting banned the randy woman from entering the Redemption Camp or ever making passes at the man of God. “But that measure didn’t stop her.

I travelled to London without telling anybody, to work on the church’s devotional, Open Heaven. As soon as I settled down in the room, the telephone rang and the voice at the other end said: “welcome to London. I am coming in 15 minutes,” the cleric continued, wondering why his audience responded with a laughter. 

Continuing, he said he told the voice: “You don’t know anything, you know that the Police in London are very efficient and if you dare come here, I will call the Police for you.” There is a Police station a few meters from where I am staying and she must have known that because she didn’t come but kept calling me. “I cried to God Who told me ‘You know of the scripture that says, whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven.’ Believe me honestly, unless God helps, there are things you cannot handle on your own,” he stated, urging the large crowd to stand and pray with holy anger: “Anyone hindering my progress, before this month is over, Holy Spirit send down Your fire to consume them”.

And spontaneously, the huge crowd of worshippers responded with over 15 minutes of violent supplications to the Most High God.

Culled from:: http://www.vanguardngr.com

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My husband let me have sex with strangers...

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My husband let me have sex with strangers for a year to try and save our relationship.

Open marriage: Robin and Scott

Robin Rinaldi, 50, would be a dedicated wife at weekends but spent the rest of the week with young lovers in a rented apartment

On paper, Robin Rinaldi had the perfect life: a beautiful home in a sought-after San Francisco neighbourhood, a handsome and devoted husband, a glamorous job as a magazine editor, and a social life that involved attending the city’s most exclusive parties. But there was something missing.

Robin was desperate to have a child, but her husband of 17 years, Scott Mansfield, had other ideas. After failing to persuade Scott to start a family with her, he had a vasectomy, rocking their marriage to the core. 

Robin began to re-evaluate her life. She had always tried to be the ‘good girl’ that her Catholic upbringing demanded, and had had just three sexual partners before she married Scott aged 26.

"I came from a background that taught me sex is something that men took and women gave," says Robin. "After a sexual act, a woman had lost something and 

had given something, and the man had gained or taken something. It just wasn’t possible for me to enjoy any kind of sexual encounter as a youth."

So Robin settled into the kind of well-behaved life she thought was expected of her. But as she grew older, she began to wonder about the passion she had missed out on in her 20s and 30s.

With the sudden realisation that she was never going to be a mother, Robin decided she would need to find fulfilment in another way. "I refused to go to my grave with no kids and only four lovers… If I couldn’t have one, then I needed to have the other."

Robin now has more confidence

A risky decision

Against the advice of her friends, Robin persuaded her husband to agree to an open marriage for one year. The couple spent several weeks deciding a set of rules to govern what Robin dubbed her ‘Wild Oats Project’. The rules were simple – no falling in love, no sleeping with mutual friends, and no unsafe sex. 

In what she knew was a ‘risky and emotionally messy move’, Robin rented a small apartment where she would live during the week, before returning home to quiet, domestic life at the weekends.

She placed an advert on a dating site, choosing her words carefully: "I’m a 44-year-old professional, educated, attractive woman in an open marriage, seeking single men aged 35-50 to help me explore my sexuality. 

"You must be trustworthy, smart, and skilled at conversation as well as in bed. Our time together will be limited to three dates, as I cannot become seriously involved."

Within 24 hours, her inbox was full of messages from prospective suitors, mostly men much younger than her. "I’d never been a stunner, so I knew it wasn’t my fetching photos that reeled them in," says Robin. "It was the fact I was going to let them get away scot-free after three dates. Come what may, I would be ravished, and then they could leave."

The dating began, with Robin opening herself up to a whole new world of men.

"I didn’t think about their intentions," she says. "All I wanted was their maleness, the very thing they most liked giving. I wanted their smells, their grasping hands and hungry mouths. The more maleness I had, the more female I could be."

Robin and Scott agreed not to discuss their love lives to avoid any feelings of jealousy. Their open relationship received mixed reactions from friends – some seemed concerned, while others admired their bravery. 

The men Robin dated came from all different backgrounds: a lawyer, an astrologer, a computer programmer – she even had a tryst with a 23-year-old she met in Las Vegas. 

The only time the three-date-rule was broken was when she met Alden, a writer in his 30s. They began to fall for one another in a serious way, so they cut off all contact. 

Her new-found love life was thrilling and empowering. 

"I’d expended so much effort as a teenager trying to avoid the shameful pity of "being used”. Why had no one ever mentioned the satisfaction of being useful, of sharing pleasure and sustenance through my body?" says Robin. "Sex is just an act where two people share themselves. And it doesn’t disempower me as a woman, and it doesn’t take anything from me."

Robin's husband Scott agreed to an open marriage

Back to reality

During the week, Robin’s life was full of exciting dates, but weekends were comfortably familiar.

"It wasn’t difficult to go from my promiscuous single life back to my cosy domestic life on Fridays," she says. "I looked forward to making Scott dinner, waking up in our bed, walking to brunch in our neighbourhood. But by Monday morning, I was ready to return to work and my rotation of lovers."

Robin’s new lifestyle was about more than just passion. "It wasn’t just the sex that delighted me. It was the food, music, conversation – the intimate glimpse into another person." She relished meeting people from different walks of life and is still friends with some of her lovers.

Robin Rinaldi on This Morning

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