- “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “BEWARE OF THE YEAST OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES."
- Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, BUT ABOUT THE DECEPTIVE TEACHING OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES."
Matthew 16:6,12 (NLT)
• You have to be grounded, well versed in the Word of God, that you may not be a victim of false TEACHING and teachers.
- There are teachings in the body of Christ now that are poisonous and dangerous to the spiritual health of whoever takes them.
- Where you go matters, and what you listen to or hear matters.
- Your mind is the seat of thoughts, what you allow into your mind determines the quality of life you live (Proverbs 4:23).
- If you allow you mind to be fed with poisonous teaching, erroneous doctrine, you may be contaminated spiritually, and lead to death.
- Be watchful of where you go, whom you listen to, and whom you put your head down for, to pray for you.
IF you are in the habit of going about, from Place to Place; you are not far from being contaminated or poisoned—you are endangering your life. - The truth is, there is nothing you want in your spiritual family that God has not made available.
• The Prayer being prayed, and the Word being shared in the family you belong, are enough for your needs to be met.
- Going about, seeking for help or Prayer where the Word of God is not given credibility, can jeopardize your life spiritually. IT could affect your spiritual health negatively, put you in problems, and could be calamitous.
IT also could be detrimental to your progress spiritually. - The truth is, if God has planted you in a place, endeavour to identify with the commission or ministry, be rooted and established there, for God has packaged your blessings there.
YOU can only get your needs met where God has planted you. Your Word is at the place He planted you! - There is a place for every believer in Christ Jesus (2 Samuel 7:10).
IF you are in a wrong place of worship, or worship centre, you will just be a spectator there, your blessings would not be there.
OTHERS who are there with you may be sharing testimonies, but UNFORTUNATELY, you may not have any; because you are not at the right Place, you are not meant to be there in the first place. Where God has put your blessings, you are not there! - You do not attend a Church because of the beauty of the place, or the Church is close to where you live, or a friend of yours attends the place; but you attend a church because God wants you there, and He has planted you there, and has put your Word in the mouth of the Pastor there.
- Going about in the name of looking for solutions to your problems will jeopardize your spiritual life, and may affect your faith negatively.
- Where God has not put your Blessing, you cannot get it there!
WHERE your Word of deliverance is not, you cannot receive it there!
• Truth:
Every child of God has a spiritual Family which God wants such to belong (Psalm 68:6).
GOD packages, releases and sends individual’s Blessings through his or her spiritual family.
- If you leave your family, looking for helps or blessings in another family, you may be disappointed.
- God knows you, your address, He cannot make any mistake. YOUR Blessing shall be posted or sent to your address, where He [God] wanted you to be and thus planted you.
- If you do leave the place where God wants you to be, you become a nuisance in another family.
- God knows about your being in the place He planted you, and He has planted you there for a purpose!
IF because you have a need and move away from where you are planted by Him, you may later regret.
MAY you not regret at the end of your journey in Jesus' name.
• Choosing a Church to attend is spiritual, it is not a thing you do carnally.
- The Church you attend matters. It is either the Church adds to you or subtract from you.
YOU cannot be stagnant or static where you go to Church; it is either you are moving forward or not—spiritually, physically, and mentally.
IF where you go to church is not a plus in your life, I will advise you to pray and ask God to plant you where He actually wants you to be. - Being in a wrong place of Worship can be detrimental to your spiritual health. IF you are spiritually healthy before you join the place, you cannot but be contaminated and drop down spiritually.
- When you put your head down to be prayed for BY someone who operates with a demonic anointing, or someone who is still struggling with One particular sin or another in his or her life, you cannot but be contaminated spiritually.
THE demon that operates in the life of such a minister or person would have access to you, and begins to operate in your life - When your needs are yet to be met, the answers to your prayers are delayed, it does not mean you have to be going about, looking for solution where you ought not.
- It however could mean that God is calling your attention to correct some things in your life, dealing with any character defects and smoothens the rough edges of your Life—grow the fruit of the SPIRIT that may be lacking in your life (Galatians 5:22,23; James 1:2,3).
- It could be that God is asking you to move up in your spiritual exercises: Prayers, fastings, studying of the Word of God, and praises.
- It also could mean God wants you to take the posture of unwavering commitment to Him.
THAT you will make the choice to abide in Him, SERVE Him, and accept whatever He permitted in your life: "AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE" (Romans 8:28).
• Admonishments
- When a need is delayed, it is not the time to start going from one church to another, one prophet to another; at Such a Time, you need to move up in your fellowship with God, be committed and live a consecrated life.
- At Such a Time, you increase your commitment in the house of God, your local Church: you invest your time in the things of the Kingdom, that is, be more committed in the works of the Kingdom.
YOUR talents, giftedness, and money, should be used to expand the Kingdom of God on earth. - When you leave the place God wanted you to be, because the answers to your Prayers are being delayed; you may move away to the oblivion, and may eventually meet your Waterloo at the place you go.
• The place!
- When you move away from “the place” of your Life and destiny, you will go into the oblivion or obscurity (2 Samuel 7:10).
- When you despise “the Prophet” of yours, the one ordained to bless you, you may lose the Blessing, become a ridicule, and stay long in the captivity (Hosea 12:13).
- When you leave “the anointing” meant to bless you, or move you out of the captivity or predicaments; you become a monument—a History and by-word.
- ‘The place’ means your appointed place, the spiritual family that God wants you to belong, and which He has planted you.
- ‘The prophet’ means your appointed prophet by God, whom God has ordained and anointed to lead you out of captivity—to your Land of Promise: "By a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved" (Hosea 12:13).
- You do not choose "The Place" and "The Prophet" but God does for you.
AS you were not responsible for the chosing of your biological parents, the family you were born, and the tribe YOU belong; likewise you are not to choose 'YOUR Place', that is, Your Spiritual Family; and likewise 'Your Spiritual Parent', and 'Your Tribe' in body of Christ.
• Do not allow someone who does not have the understanding of spiritual principles takes you away from where you belong—where God has planted you.
• It is my prayer that you will not miss your place in Jesus' name.
Peace!