CHAPTER ONE
DIFFERENT WAYS OF MEETING CRISIS
(Different attitude towards meeting crisis)
Waiting for crisis to happen before thinking on what to do.
They are the first category of
people. They wait until the crisis occur first before they start thinking of
what to do. More often than not, such people hardly get the right antidote to
the troubles facing them. Crisis can come in terrifying speed, that one could
be dazed out of reasonable solution if we are not prepared for it.
CHAPTER TWO
Our numerous foes
It is dangerous and mere
self-delusion to assume that you as a believer in Christ have no foe fighting
you. Our unseen spiritual foes and satanic human agents are everywhere. You can
feign ignorance of their existence to your own peril, whether they are witches
and wizard, occultists or unseen spiritual powers of darkness, the believer
continues to be their prime target.
Never you be deceived that you have no foes.
Even if you don’t notice any human being behaving himself as an enemy to know
that Satan hates you. They scheme and night to get an opportunity to strike you
they hardly let go any available opportunity.
CHAPTER THREE
When men are asleep
The power
of darkness also makes ample use of the night mostly between the hours of 12:00
midnight to 3:00am when men are usually deep in sleep. Sleep is of three types
according to the scriptures. One refers to actual dead, the other two are
natural sleep and spiritual slumber. In the gospel according to John, Jesus
told his disciples that their friend Lazarus was sleeping the disciples did not
understand the actual meaning, then he told them openly that Lazarus was dead
(John 11:11-14).
CHAPTER FOUR
“When we don’t pray at all or pray enough”
No true
believer is exempted from the onslaught of the devil. If Satan was not afraid
of tempting Jesus Christ who created him, then who is man that he will not
tempt. That Satan could not get such an opportune time to strike and defeat
Jesus never stopped praying. To confront Satan and overcome him and his wiles
requires power and this power can be obtained at the altar of prayer.
Every
Christian is expected to pray whether as a new convert or as an old believer,
layman or clergy, it is rightly said that “demons do not tremble so much by a
minister’s good and eloquent sermon. The enemy of our soul does not want us to
pray he will bring distraction, tiredness and other excuses. Pray so that he
won’t get such unguarded moment.
CHAPTER
FIVE
When we indulge in unnecessary idleness
Ordinarily,
there is no harm in resting after a day’s work. But there is a kind of rest
that does harm to the body as well as the soul. This is not rest in the real
sense of it but sheer idleness. When an individual indulges in it then he is
opening his gate for the enemy to come in.
There are
three types of idleness: physical, mental and spiritual. All of them are not
helpful to the person who indulges in it. Some people could have become great
in life if they had not allowed idleness to control their lives when you create
a vacuum in your life as a result of idleness then you are inviting the devil
to occupy your mind with destructive thoughts, which will ultimately lead p
actual act.
CHAPTER
SIX
When we do not watch
To watch is to
be at alert, looking out for any potential danger. Combatant soldiers know the
importance of watching at no time will all the soldier go to sleep if every one
of them is tired. Jesus Christ did not only advise his disciples to pray he
included watching so that they can escape temptation when we watch we will be
able to notice dangers or temptation ahead of us as Christian and avoid them.
He who
say he is strong and therefore refuses to watch and pray will end up blaming
himself after fallen victim of the enemy.
CHAPTER
SEVEN
The cares of this life
The cares of
this world are a veritable weapon in the hand of the devil to keep the believer
unprepared for his sudden attack. He employs the cares of this world to wreck
believers in diverse ways, He either put in the believer’s heart the spirit of
greed and covetousness or makes life miserable and unbearable.
CHAPTER
EIGHT
When we allow success to take over our mind
Success is sweet. It means one
has arrived, success has its own perks and attraction. Everybody want to be
drawn and attached to a successful man. A successful man circle of friends is
usually very large; he is being hail from left and right. At such moment, the
tendency to play God is very high. This has been the undoing of many. The
scriptures have it in several places that God abhors and resist the proud.
CHAPTER NINE
when we feel too big to take advise
Pride and arrogance is usually the reason why
people fell reluctant to take advice. They fell they know it all and so disdain
any form of advice no matter how good it is. To assume the attitude of “know it
all “ is to play the god.
God may choose to speak to his children directly, he at other times may
decide to speak to us through godly advice from godly people.
CHAPTER TEN
Over confidence
Some Christians had fallen into fornication and adultery because they
were over confident of their strength and anointing. They move and stayed
together in closets with the opposite sex who are not their wives. At the least
expected moment, the inevitable starts happening.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
When a believer with draws for the fellowship of other Christians
Sometimes it is helpful and healthy for a believer to withdraw himself
from everybody and be alone with God. This should be for a period of time. There
is a kind of withdrawal that is dangerous and harmful. It is not for nothing
that the scripture says that iron sharpens iron. When Christians meet together
in the healthy fellowship each of the members gets refreshed.
CHAPTER
TWELVE
When love for God’s word wanes
The devil, the master of the art of deception usually prepares the
ground for his eventual attack against a believer .one way he does it is to
gradually remove the interest of studying the scriptures from the believer’s
heart. To guide against committing sin, one need the word of God store in the
heart.
CHAPTER
THIRTEEN
Built – Ups to Defeat
There is usually a build – up to
defeat, failure and sin, it doesn’t just happen suddenly it begins gradually.
We all should be mindful if the little cracks in our lives, marriage, business,
ministries. etc. This little cracks that we leave unattended to will lead to a
big cave in. This crack could be the pornographic picture u enjoy watching in
magazine or television.
CHAPTER
FOURTEEN
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