Which of the Following Best Describes You?

(A) I am practicing a certain sin I somehow find myself unable to repent of.

(B) I am constantly bombarded with physical problems that monopolize my prayer life.

(C) I am constantly burdened with emotional problems I can’t seem to escape no matter how much I pray.

(D) I am yoked with a benefactor or partner who doesn’t know Christ but has become a blessing to me and/or my ministry anyway.

(E) I am walking in an intimate relationship with God that is bearing fruit in my Spirit, though not, as yet, in my ministry.

(F) I am walking in an intimate relationship with God that is bearing fruit in everything I put my hands to.

Solution to (A): Stop rationalizing the sin. When I rationalize, the enemy’s voice is the only one I hear. Remember Eve in the garden. Satan is using this sin to separate me from God, and by this, separate me from my authority and destiny.

Solution to (B): All my physical needs have been provided for, past tense, by the Holy Spirit who lives within me. Instead of praying for God to act and fulfill my need, I should be declaring what Christ has already done to fulfill my need. My prayer life is to be set apart for intimate fellowship with my Father in Heaven. Satan wants me to squander my prayers on physical needs (turn my stones into bread) because he knows God cannot answer that prayer, because He has already done so.

Solution to (C): All my emotional needs have been fulfilled in the Holy Spirit. When I ask God to help me find love, joy, peace, patience, understanding etc. I am asking for something that is already mine in Christ. Depression is a lie. Disappointment is a lie. Hopelessness, insignificance, rejection are all lies from the father of lies. When satan speaks depression into my soul and I become depressed I, like Eve before me, reveal who’s servant I truly am.

Solution to (D): The Lord is a jealous God. He will not share His glory with another. No matter how well meaning an unbeliever may be, only a true believer has the capacity (Spirit) to lay down, at the feet of God, all glory for what the partnership accomplishes.

Solution to (E): In time, every good tree bears good fruit.

Solution to (F): Resign yourself to become a seed that when planted in the ground will produce many good trees bearing much fruit.