This blog post is among
series of posts that delves on the seven dangerous spirits that have made it
impossible for you to inherit your rights and inheritance as the son and heir
of God. It is until you are aware of who your enemy is and who you are dealing
with that you can know which weapons and tactics to use to counter their
attacks. The series are from a series of teachings by Bishop Nyaa, the founder
of Uzima Tele Tele Church.
In Luke 8:2, Mary
Magdalene was set free from the seven dangerous spirits and it is only when you
are free of these spirits that you can begin to give yourself fully to Christ
as Mary Magdalene did and experience God’s promises and favor in your life.
Characteristics
of the Seven Dangerous Spirits
There are key characteristics
that are common among the seven dangerous spirits, which includes
Ø They influence rulers of the earth;
you cannot begin to imagine how many administrations from across the globe are
manipulated by the seven dangerous spirits. This is from the policies and
strategies developed to drive economies, to the decisions and style of
leadership practiced.
Ø They hinder prosperity
Ø They seem harmless and innocent;
oddly, the seven dangerous spirits do not present as the monster they are but they
come in the form of things that appear ordinary and even usual when in real
sense they are not
Ø They are lying spirits;
since they are under their father the devil, who is a liar, they easily lie
Ø They are defiling spirits;
they defile your body, mind and soul so that you can depart from the presence
of God and when you are far away from the only Father who can protect and fight
for you, they devour you and leave you wasted
Ø They are confusing spirits;
they bring in confusion and discord where there ought be order so that they can
divide and concur
Ø They are faking spirits;
because everything on heavens and earth belongs to God, the devil has no choice
but to use copies of what God has to convince the sons of God
Ø They are disconnecting spirits;
they disconnect you from your divine purpose, goals, vision and mission and
disconnect you from the fellowship with your brethren and the Holy Trinity
Ø They are discouraging spirits;
they have mastered the art of negativity by injecting discouraging thoughts in
your mind and in so doing, it gets easy for them to influence you as a believer
to give up on God and fall. The devil knows that the battle is in the mind and
when he captures your mind, you are under his siege
Ø They are greedy spirits;
they do not get contented and believers under the attack of these spirits are
not contented with what God has given them and their greediness drives them to
sin
Ø They are failure spirits;
the seven dangerous spirits are intended to make you fail in your walk with
Christ, in your visions, goals and mission as a Christian, in your work and family
and service to God.
I.
The
Spirit of Poverty
Through the spirit of poverty,
the devil makes you an ineffective Christian. When the devil realizes that he
cannot make you not to go to heaven or fall in your walk in Christ, he makes
you a useless Christian who has no impact in the kingdom of God and who cannot
effectively and efficiently participate in the things of God. Check Luke
16:19-22
·
Whether you admit it or not, there is a
misguided conception that poverty is better than riches and money is evil. Get
this, it is written money is the answer for everything and it is only the LOVE
FOR MONEY that is evil.
·
Pro 11:24, money worshippers are poor
·
Interestingly, resources allows you to
do things of God including evangelism
·
It is until you are willing to give
yourself that you will gain yourself. Simply, give to receive. Those who
attempt to save their lives lose it.
The spirit of poverty
hinders
Ø Personal
growth; you cannot achieve your dreams when you are poor
Ø Ministry
growth; the church need people with resources to make things move such as
buying high tech equipment, payment of utilities and airtime in TV and radio
ministry.
Ø Evangelism;
soul winning ministry is highly dependent on resources and when you lack,
you cannot evangelize consistently as required,
which means you fail to do the one thing Jesus requires of you, be fishers of
men!
Pharaoh knew the power
of wealth and that is why he was willing to let the Israelites go without their
wealth. Thank God for Moses, he understood the power of wealth and he was adamant
not to leave the land of slavery without their wealth- not even one hoof
(smallest part of the wealth) could be left behind. Furthermore, when you have
wealth and riches, you can give God anything He wants because you never what He
may want from you, be it a house, children, money, land and time among others. The
Israelites understood this.
How
To Defeat the Spirit of Poverty
I.
Hate
Poverty; to overcome the spirit of poverty you must be
willing to avoid saying things that bind you to poverty
Ø You
better begin prophesying and declaring what God says about wealth. In Deut
28:8, it is written that blessings of God makes us wealthy
Ø Silver
and gold belongs to God and as such, you must be mature enough in Christ to be
trusted with all this wealth
Ø You
can serve God’s kingdom when wealthy because although it is difficult for a
rich man to enter heaven, it is not impossible when you know who God is in your
life
Poverty
Ø is
a curse
Ø is
ungodly
Ø is
satanic
II.
Obey
God’s Principles of Wealth
Joshua 1:6-9
Ø GIVE:
everything in nature gives and receives, the only place known to receive and
does not give is the dead sea and the name tell it all J
Ø Give
and it shall be given back to you a good measure, pressed down, shaken together
and runneth over 100%, 50% and 30%
Ø HARD WORK:
ask and you shall receive, seek and yee shall find, knock and the door shall be
opened for you
Ø Nothing
good comes easy, you MUST work hard
Ø WISDOM;
let money work for you and not the other way round
Ø be
smart about how you go about achieving your wealth; look out for viable cash
cows or money making machines, which are systems that will ensure you have
constant flow of cash while you are still serving God in his kingdom regardless
of when and where you are.
When
you learn, (which is a process) to be not only the hearer but a doer of the
word of God, you achieve spiritual maturity that will allow you to enjoy your
inheritance as God’s heir.
Now,
you have heard, do it and be free of the spirit of poverty! And remember to look
out for Series 2, which analyses the spirit of deep sleep.
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