ISSUE #2 MARCH / APRIL 2017
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Adversity is something that we all have to face.
It’s a part of life. The only way that you can get out of the battles of life is to die, so you might as well learn how to deal with them and live a life pleasing to Jesus.
The Bible tells us in John 10:10, “The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy…” Satan is the thief that this verse is talking about. All that kills, all that steals, and all that destroys is from the devil. It is not from God. The devil wants to steal the promises of God away from you and frustrate you until you lose your faith. Adversity is designed to get you to quit. But we don’t have to just take it. Any storm that comes into our lives is a storm that we can face and overcome with God’s power. In fact, if you let Him, God will use the storms the devil brings your way to advance you to new levels in life. But understand this: There are some storms that we allow into our lives through sin, disobedience, unforgiveness, speaking the wrong words, and fear. When we have any of these things in our lives and trials come our way, we shouldn’t be too surprised, because we left the door open.
Sin gives satan the legal right to enter our lives. Sin gives demons a foothold to bring oppression our way. Jesus told the sick man, in John chapter 5, “Go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” How we live our lives is important. Jesus tied the possibility of something bad happening in this man’s future to how he lived his life. There’s so much teaching in the modern church today about how you can live just any old way and it will be fine with God. Friends, I’m here to tell you that there are consequences for sinning. So, the first step in dealing with adversity is a little self-examination. That’s something we should do every day. We need to be regularly looking at our lives and disciplining ourselves. We need to constantly be confessing our sins and allowing the blood of Jesus to wash them away so that satan can’t come against us with accusations. The great thing is that when we confess our sins, the Bible says, “He is faithful to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). God is so good
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