Day 20

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION...

This is a very powerful scripture... this part means there is the possibility that systems, situations, demons, evil, men, and women can lead you astray- so pray not to be led into temptation.

The implication is that we don't just get tempted we are LED ... This is a powerful information that temptation does not just come, there is someone or something or a situation that influences your will and that leads you to temptation...

So this prayer phrase is saying- Lord as far as your leadership is concerned, humans cannot be led into temptation. Your leadership cannot and does not lead men into temptation, so I want to stay under your governorship, under your leadership, under your wings and mantle. …and lead us not into temptation.

A young lady you are rising slowly and someone says you are too beautiful, why don't you start slaying... start dating this type of men... months later you are now a slay madam- Led into temptation…

Is the day that armed robbers will come somewhere then a voice will start pushing you to go there.. You are being led to just go and sit down there and get into trouble.

There are many people who were innocent but because they could not discern the times they were led and they fell into trouble... You must pray not to be led into temptation... pray for guidance- not everything that looks good is good for you. Not every door that opens is anointed. In fact almost all troubles first appear as good, appeatising and tasty- it is only with the passage of time that you realise you got a bad deal- and lead us not into temptation...

In this world that we live in eeerh-you need DIVINE DIRECTION to be guided to stay away from the place of temptation- there are people who had no business getting into certain kind of troubles, but they were led there. There are some of your children who had no business joining certain occult groups but were led there.

Many of you listening to me- the destruction in your life started when you were led to join certain clubs and societies, certain groups, even in the church... Some of you were looking for solutions to various problems and your desperation, yes that's a big one- DESPERSTION you led to places.

The prayer – “ lead us not into temptation is a powerful prayer ”, I can write a whole book or thesis on just this prayer phrase. Temptation does not come until there is something in you that resonates with that temptation. And mind you- Satan does not tempt you with anything you do not truly desire. For instance- If you are broke the temptation will be packaged around your finances and chances are that you will respond.

So don't just pray for your needs alone, pray that God will give you the stamina not to fall into temptations that come around your needs. You may be needing money for medical bills urgently and an opportunity to steal will present itself, it is not easy to resist such a temptation when your love one is dying, so pray not to be led there in the first place, that your love one should not even fall sick in the first place

... or you have been through an emotional wreckage and you need a shoulder to lean on badly- then you are led to an even worse person who abuses you even more or takes advantage of your vulnerability.

Satan is not foolish ooh, He will wait till you have a pressing need, and he will use that need to lead you into temptation... He comes with an offer built around your need and it’s difficult to say No, when you have a need... Lead us not into temptation.

Let me stay here a little longer, this particular subject I mean. - thus sayeth the spirit. Listen up- This year has begun we need some wisdom. One of the beautiful things about a balanced Christian life is that God gives you the ability to be wise both in the church and in the society, gone are the days where. We want to be Christians who are smart in every area of our lives. So permit me to divert a little and spend more time here-

The Psalmist is praying, the man after God's s own heart is praying in Psalm 141:2-4 and he prays “ May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies

The greatest asset you have is people, the greatest castrophe you have is people. If God wants to bless you, he will use people. Satan wants to destroy you, he will use people. People can be instrumental or disastrous to your destiny.

“ Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies .”

In other words as my prayers rise up this- big mouth of mine -put a gate on it, oh Lord. Set a watch over my mouth, let me not get into the midst of certain people and be involved in certain things by reason of their association and then eat of their error, their mistakes and receive their own results.

Listen- you are not truly born again if your salvation does not change your association. Your salvation is highly questionable when your friends before and after still remain the same especially when those friends are not changed. Am not one of those kind of people that advocate a spirituality where what you used to do before you got saved, you still do it.

No conscience, no transformation, will not produce power, With results we should be able to look at your life and see what God has done, we should relate to it. And hear me when I say -Your associations, the associations you keep in your life has a prophetic significance, both spiritually and physically.

Great people in life have been a product of their associations and certain failures in life have also been a product of their associations, there are some of us that we will never have gotten into certain things except we met some people and their presence opened us up to the possibility of certain things- Good or bad- association with them led us there. and lead us not into temptation

There are some of you- it was when you encountered a group of people or individuals that something changed in your life. If you have never been told this, hear me, there is a spiritual and prophetic dimension to FRIENDSHIPS, relationships and associations. Do you just opened your home to strangers, why then do you open your life to every one you meet on the street.

The people you meet can affect you, your progress and the quality of your life, and your spiritual experience has a lot to do with associations.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Shalom and God bless you.

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