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First go to the Courts of Heaven to deal with an issue before you go to the Spiritual battlefield
First go to the Courts of Heaven to deal with an issue, before you go to the Spiritual battlefield. Sometimes, in order to be successful in Spiritual Warfare, you need to treat it more like a courtroom, than a battlefield.
Now unlike the courts in earth, if you know you have committed anything wrong or have unforgiveness then first repent and forgive before approaching the Courts of Heaven where God is judge. Because God knows the intentions of your heart, He is will able to see through the long arguments in your favor and can easily catch the true hidden intentions which can at times be ungodly and selfish. Be warned, therefore if you go before the judge with deceit and you get caught on earth, how much more will be your chastisement before God’s court.
Do this understand what I mean, is not to go without a valid reason which is consistent with the teachings of the Bible and in accord with the Holy Spirit. I do not say never go before God’s court to plead your case, but think through if your case is based on the Word of God in terms of justice or just vanity of emotions.
So, before you engage in Spiritual Warfare against the spirit of racism in your neighborhood, try to fact check if there is indeed racism or its just what you perceive or what you have been told without valid evidence. If there is racism, then appeal first in the Courts of Heaven, taking into mind what the Bible says {There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28) & Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly (John 7:24)}. Once you make your petition in God’s court and know in your heart that you are in right standing with God on your petition and your personal life, then proceed in Spiritual Warfare against the spirit of racism in your neighborhood.
Another example, is when you engage Spiritual Warfare against the rampant corruption in your nation, don’t do it in spirit of revenge but rather out of mercy for the poor and the oppressed people of your nation, so in that way you won’t have bitterness in any of your motives. Do consider what the Bible says when you appeal in the Courts of Heaven { God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”: 2 “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 82:1-4) & Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. (Proverbs 24:17-18) }.
Some key points to consider when coming into the Courts of Heaven:
- The Lord God doesn’t function in the same way as an earthly judge. So unlike earthly judges, God can see through the intentions of your heart when bringing an accusation against anyone.
- When accusing someone before the Lord God, make sure you renounce, reject and repent of all your own sinful thoughts and actions.
- Instead of focusing on getting someone harmed, you should focus on the will of God, that it be honored over and above your own personal agenda. God’s will is about justice and honour and not revenge.
- Make your petitions unto God in the name of Jesus Christ and don’t rely on your own merit no matter how many good things you have done.
- Jesus sits at the right of hand of God, making intercession for you, so do have confidence and faith while making your pleas unto God.
- Do ensure what you are asking in the Courts of Heaven is consistent with the Word of God. Because its unwise to even consider that God will answer your prayers just because you followed some weird human philosophy which goes against the God.
- Always remember that in the Courts of Heaven, God does not need your permission to do whatever He has said He will do in the Word of God. So what you’re doing is praying that God’s will be done in the scenario or petition that you will bring forth before Him.
Overcome your triggers with the Word of God
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour. (1 Peter 5:8)
The Holy Scriptures exhort us to be sober and watchful. This is because God’s enemy’s i.e the Devil is seeking to devour any unsuspecting victim that he can find out. It would really be helpful to yourself that you overcome your triggers so that you can repel the attacks of the Enemy, for your own spiritual welfare and so give glory to God!
Some of the triggers (though not a complete list) can include the following:
- Lack of faith in certain Bible verses due lack of conviction in them.
- Tendency to get angry and sin immediately on hearing certain words.
- Tendency to get envious of people who get rich.
- Lust of the eyes and lust of the flesh.
- Getting into despair immediately on account of trials and losing hope in God.
People who keep falling into the same traps, should consider what is the thing in their heart that makes them such easy targets for the Devil. Some in their hearts don’t believe in healing, hence when they are attacked with sickness they don’t pray with faith for their healing nor do they pray that the doctor gives the right diagnosis with the correct treatment.
While others don’t believe in self control and think just because their cause is right they can go overboard with their words and/or actions even if its wrong in God’s eyes.
Some get envious of those who are rich presuming that all richness is only ill gotten gain instead of considering that some or the rich may have gotten rich through honest means.
Some people lust for things which are immoral, even though they know it’s all wrong. They feel that nothing is wrong with what they do.
While some well meaning people face trials but instead of calling onto God in faith for help they despair and forget to be thankful and prayerful.
The more you meditate on the Word of God the better you will be able to identify your triggers and then you’ll be able to tackle them.
Carry your cross daily. And don’t be ashamed to ask God for the grace to overcome your triggers. For it’s a good thing to take help from God than fall into error and be unrepentant!
Does your pain distract you from praying?
Jesus Christ mentioned this about the seed that was sown in the midst of the thorn ; As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. ( Matthew 13: 22)
Observing the above verse ask yourself, does your pain distract you from praying?
It’s correct that you know that you are in pain. Its correct to try to find a solution to get the pain away. However its not right that you give up praying or don’t put your full heart into praying to God when you are in pain. Otherwise you will not bear the fruit that the Lord your God intends you to do.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. (Roman 12:22)
Biblical advice for those who are in need of healing
If you or any of your loved one’s are unwell, never feel too small to ask help from the elders of the the church in terms of prayers and anointing. The doctors are not to replace the elders of the church and neither are the elders of the church are told to replace the doctors. In short this means ; let the doctors do their part and let the elders do their part as per the Word of God.
The Saviour of the World Jesus Christ himself mentioned the importance of doctors (physician’s) in the following Bible verse:
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. (Mark 2:17)
If you’re all hale and hearty, praise the Lord God for it. If you are in suffering pray to the Lord for your deliverance.
Also if someone is sick, do call for the elders of the church to pray over the unwell person anointing him or her with oil in the name of the Lord, so that healing and forgiveness come forth for that unwell one. A true elder of the church won’t reject this work which is required of them clearly written in the Holy Scriptures below:
Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. 17 Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. (James 5:13-18)
Also do please take note O you who believe in Jesus Christ, do pray for each other so that you may be healed. Confess your sins as per the Word God.
Finally remember the case of the Prophet Elijah who had a faith that shut down rains and brought back the rains at the command of the Lord God. So can you bring forth miracles of healing if you walk in the holy faith of the Gospel and pray in righteousness.
Christ be with you!
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (James 1:17)
O you who believe in Jesus Christ, give credit where it is due!
For all your talents, skills, wealth which is good has been given to you by the Lord God the Father of Jesus Christ. Do not therefore be proud of yourself but rather give glory to God who created heaven and earth and all that dwell in it.
If you are lacking in anything that is good be it wisdom or healing or wealth which is free from malice, then ask of the Lord God in faith and with purity of heart. And this way the Lord God will surely hear your prayer.
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! (Matthew 7:11)
It the Lord who will also provide if you till your land. I mean there are certain things in which you have to put in your efforts and pray to God that you succeed. Its his blessing that makes our hard work fruitful.
The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase. (Psalm 85:12)
First go to the Courts of Heaven before you go to the Spiritual battlefield
First go to the Courts of Heaven to deal with an issue, before you go to the Spiritual battlefield. Because by the victory in the courts of heaven will you prevail more better against the forces of darkness in the Spiritual battlefield.
The Enemy is the accuser of the brethren and keeps trying to accuse you in the court of God always. You need to stop the accusations so that you do well in the Spiritual battlefield. If you don’t stop the accusations you’ll weaken your chances of winning in the Spiritual world
While you do have the advantage of Jesus Christ being your advocate you too need to do your part of asking Jesus to continue to plead on your behalf. Never miss out on asking Jesus to plead for you in the Courts of Heaven, lest the Evil One have advantage over you because of you not seeking the Lord Jesus.
Verses for reflection:-
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. (Revelation 12:10)
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:1-2)
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?” 3 Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.” 5 And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.
6 And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured Joshua, 7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. 9 For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree.” (Zechariah 3:1-9)
When praying do not try to give the Lord God your advice
O believer in Christ when praying to the Lord God be humble. Even if you claim to be a friend of Jesus or profess to be a child of God remember that you’re not above God and his holy wisdom. Therefore praise God while praying and worship Him while praying.
I exort your to your petitions know to God. But never ever try to give God your advice, because the Lord God is above all. Nothing in heaven nor earth nor the underworld can be wiser than God. Hence do not offend God by giving advice on how to thing’s should be. But simply pray in faith and trust God to act in love and justice at the same time
Always ask for God’s protection daily
Always ask for God’s protection daily, O all you believe the Lord God. Don’t be ashamed to ask His help, in this world that is dying and fading away! That way you can rest easy, knowing that God is control!
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah. Our God is a God of salvation; and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death. (Psalm 68:19-20)
O believer in Christ, don’t take your daily routine lightly. You are a precious soul in the eyes of God. So ask for God’s protection daily, in faith. Don’t pray for the sake of pleasing people. Instead, remember to ask this in faith that you indeed receive Divine protection.
Ask for protection against economic hardships
Do not be off guard with economic hardships. Ask Jesus to save you from financial errors and the evil schemes of scammers and all evildoers who prey on other’s money for their sinister agenda. Ask for protection in your finances and even those of your friends and family. Pray that they are given the wisdom and protection to not fall into money traps, wittingly or unwittingly.
Do not be affected by a sudden sickness
Always desire to never fall prey to sudden sickness. You need to be in good health so that you can help yourself and others to do good things in life. No doubt, even if you are sick you can still do good, but wouldn’t it be better and more easier to help others when you are in better health? Imagine, if your preacher is supposed to preach during the church service, and bails out just one minute before the time to preach during the church service, citing he got a severe migraine. Would the rest of those in attendance have a happy feeling about that church service? Fortunately, a good preacher will always take care of one’s health and also pray to the Lord God who is the Divine Healer, so that one remains in good health all through.
Always pray to be free from sickness
Why just pray to avoid sudden sickness? One must always pray to be free from sickness. That way you will be having more time to do good works and use your time more effectively to do the Will of God. Besides, you can use that time to give thanks to the Lord your God for your health, especially when all around there are dangerous diseases.
You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of you.(Exodus 23:25)
Pray for your physical, mental, and spiritual safety
Have faith in God to protect your body, mind, soul, and spirit. And as a sign of this faith, actually, pray. Don’t take things for granted. I read the news and I have observed people who have achieved great riches or got children, suddenly die in a fatal car crash or drown during their usual seaside swimming routine. It’s a sad thing to know that these people have their families who are in sorrow, knowing that their dad’s, their mom’s, their sons, their daughters etc, are no longer with them in the land of the living. O how they are yearning to have them back or if they could turn back time to prevent them from dying? But we all know time and tide wait for no man. Therefore it’s my earnest please to all you who read this; pray for yourself and your loved one’s daily, and ask God to protect them in body, mind, soul and spirit!
Reflect on the below Bible verse from Psalm 103: 1-5 :-
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Pray that you do not fall into temptation
And finally, pray that you don’t fall into temptation, and ask God to protect you while you are tempted. Some people naturally pray for protection in all areas of life, except for that of righteous living, though in fact, that is the most important. Your soul is more precious than all the money in the world.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36)
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41)
Disciples of hope 