But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly. (Hebrew 12:22).

Zion was first stated in  2 Samuel 5:7, and was referenced by king David in Psalms 53:6 to describe a strong city heavily protected and secured by God and His people. And the fact is, Jerusalem is Zion- The capital of God on earth. 

Today, Israel has an iron dome built to resist missile attacks all round. That's the Jewish Zion. Spiritually we have an iron dome built for our salvation. That iron dome is Jesus the rock of ages. Obadiah 17 says "But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions."

In the realm of the spirit arrows and missiles are launched by demons, witches and wizards, but the bible makes us to understand that arrows that fly by night and day shall not come near your dwelling.  

Witchcraft is increasing by the day- We are spiritually surrounded by enemies just the way Israel is surrounded by enemies. But in Zion we are safe. 

Our spiritual iron dome is the name of the Lord. "The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe."

Prayers Of Protection By David

1. Oh Lord hide me under your pavilion (Psalms 27:5).

2. Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings (Psalms 17:8).

3. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I (Psalms 61:2).

 

Jesus was tempted by the devil on every aspect. The cross is a symbol of  the sin of mankind. Jesus didn't sin, his accusation was as a result of being the redeemer or savior of the world. 

Suicide is not only about physically taking your own life, but also praying for God to take your life.  The prophet Jonah did that. Also the great prophet Elijah did same too when he was faced with persecution from Jezebel. Samson prayed himself to death. God hates suicide even though he granted the wish of  Samson.

 Judas Iscariot who represented the devil wished Jesus to commit suicide either physically or spiritually (praying for God to take his life). At the end he was humiliated: Judas committed suicide. 

Sometimes when we get frustrated with life we resort into praying God to take our life as a way to have peace. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The devil knows that if you persist you would prevail, so he sows the seed of death in your mind.

The bible in Proverbs 18:21 says, "Life and death are in the power of the tongue."  No matter how frustrated you are, your tongue should be guided properly. Satan is after the Word and your word. 

How Satan Tried To Make Jesus Commit Suicide

1. Betrayal.

Betrayal is working against someone you suppose to work for. The betrayal Judas heart was poisoned with filthy lucre. He helped the enemies against his master. 

Being betrayed can make one to hate life, and to take his life.  

2. Denial.

Peter denied Jesus thrice. Denial suggests not identifying or allowing a person because of fear, trust or shame. Denial can weigh one down in life. It looks as if you are worthless when you're being denied. this can lead to suicidal thoughts. A lot of people have being denied their right and then some resort to suicide as a solution to their pain.  

3. Suffering.

Suffering can make one to conclude on ending his life. If one lacks endurance, he might give up on himself and resort to suicide as solution to his suffering. There are bad times and there are good times in life. Jesus endured the humiliating period. 

How Jesus Overcome Suicide

1. Predictions. 

Jesus always know the outcome of things and circumstances surrounding him. He knew all his disciples, and detected Judas as a devil incarnate. He also predicted Peter's denial which was as a result of Peter's fear. 

2. He Watched and Prayed.

Jesus watched and prayed in order to guard himself against the device of the devil in manipulating the wisdom or word of God. Satan can manipulate the wisdom of God and confuse us about the will of God. He said to Jesus according to Matthew 4:6  "  'If you are the Son of God,' he said, 'throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone' ".

3. He Believed in Himself.

Job said there is hope for tree as far it still has root (Job 14:7). Jesus believed in himself and refused to give up.

According to Luke chapter 18 verse 1, Jesus said: "to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint" (Luke 18:1). Prayer is a task given to man by Christ for the salvation of our soul. When you pray, you're not only communicating to God, but also destroying the works of darkness in and around you. But sometimes we feel so heavy to pray (we faint). 

We ought to pray. 'Men' as used by Jesus represent also women. 'Men' here speaks of strength and power irrespective of gender. There are difficulties in prayers which I'm going to show you why and how to overcome such difficulties.

 Why Do I Find It Difficult To Pray

1. You Pray Alone. 

Praying alone only can weaken ones strength of prayer. Even Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes said that two are better than one. When one is weak, the other is strengthens him or her. 

Jesus himself sometimes took three of his disciple to join him in his secret place of prayer. Even the apostles according to the book of Acts usually gather to pray. 

Paul and Silas prayed in the prison, but alone was Peter sleeping in the prison. Praying together is a combination of spiritual power to the pulling down of stronghold of darkness. 

The temptation against prayers is strong when you are alone. But when you have someone who has the spirit of prayer, your prayer life would be energized.  

2. You Know Not Scripture Or the Power of God (Matthew 22:29).

Not knowing the scripture can make you stranded in the place of prayer. Prayer is inspired by the scripture or the power of God. The scripture here is the revelation of God's message in the book called bible, while the power of God represents prophetic utterance by the Spirit. Or being guided by the Spirit. The Spirit is the power of God, the will of God. If we study the scripture we would be filled with knowledge of God. 

3. You Indulge In Sexual Sin.

Sexual sin drains every spiritual strength in you. According to Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:18 stated that sexual sin is a sin against the body. That means, it's a sin that dispossess you of every spiritual power, and you become weak in prayer.

4. You Love Money.

The love of money is the root of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). When you love money, you hate God. Jesus said you can't love God and Mammon, it's either you love and hate the other (Matthew 6:24).

 Mammon becomes your master, and you're his slave. You find prayer difficult because you  believe in money. You  now live for money, therefore prayer looks like a waste of time.

5. You Are Too Busy With Work.

Too much work can make you weak in prayer and probably give room to the devil for attack against you. This can have a long term effect on your prayer life. 

You hear some employers say that their business cannot sleep: meaning workers need to work 7 days a week, no resting day- coming early to work and closing late. 

It is the devil's snare for you to depend on such slavery instead on God. Create time for yourself to pray and rest. 

 

 

For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My feet;

(Psalm 22: 16).

Dogs are revengeful enemies in our life. They might be enemies that have died but their demon is haunting your soul. Paul was afflicted by the dogs in 2 Corinthians 12:7-8. They were Paul's greatest enemies, hence he warned in Philipians 3:2 that we Christians should beware of dogs. The power of dogs is their teeth.

The teeth is what dogs use to inflict damage on their victims: It depicts the power to crush and cause pain in the life of their victims. The teeth describes the strength to hold their prey or victims from escaping. They lay a grip on every vital parts of your life.

The dogs are one of the greatest enemies Christians are bound to face. They are everywhere around us, and we need to beware of them as Paul the apostle stated. They are lustful and seducing like Deliliah. (If we are not careful we can fall for their fake love). They weaken and afflict their victims. They listen for your secret and uses it for your destruction. The bible describes dogs as evil workers, hypocrites in Philipians chapter 2, and messenger of Satan according to Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:7-8,

 A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.  

(2 Corinthians 12:7-8).

Enemy that is a thorn in your flesh is a dog. What does that mean? Someone that backbites, troubles you and attacks you spiritually is an enemy against your soul, and we have to pray against them. 

Note: it's not every enemy we pray for. There are enemies we need to pray against, and those are enemies armed with spiritual powers. Just like a soldier, a Christian is not suppose to pray against civilian enemies but enemies armed spiritually (given power to by Satan). 

How To Be Free From The Power Of The Dogs 

1. Pray against them.

Pray against those dog friends or leaders in your life whose vision is to attack your soul. THEY WILL ALWAYS SEEK YOUR SOUL, SO SEEK THEIR SOUL IN PRAYERS TOO. This kind of prayer is called warfare prayers. 

2. Beware of them.

Dogs appear to be your good friend, but they're dangerous enemies. They are messengers of Satan. Paul said beware of dogs, because he knows what dogs are capable of.

 Demons are messengers of hell sent to trouble us (2 Corinthians 12:7). Witches, wizards and demons are the gates of hell contending against our glory.  

Demons gain access into people's blood before they can totally destroy them. They come to steal, kill and destroy. 

The blood of man is the fluid of life. It supplies life (oxygen) to the body. In the psychological and spiritual aspect, man's soul which is his achievements or history supplies light to his destiny (career or calling). This is why we often dream of our past environments. That's our soul. With it we can see the mysteries of our lives. Mysteries are prophetic.

In Genesis 4 verse 10,  God says "the voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground..."    God was referring to Abel's past prior to his death. 

When demon access the blood of a person, they intend to pollute it. There are ways demons can have access to ones blood:

Ways Demons Can Have Access To Ones Blood

According to Paul, Satan can appear as an angel of light in order to seduce man (2 Corinthians 11:14). 

Through seduction Satan gains your trust, and through your trust he gets into your blood.

We are seduced because of our love for gains, not for God. When you love God, you can't give into seduction. But when you love money, fame, power, and sex, falling into the darkness of seduction is inevitable. Through seduction Satan can destroy ones achievements. Beware: not all that glitters is gold. Not everything thing is good for you.  

 

2.  Fornication:  Fornication is a huge platform where demons can get a complete hold over ones life. Fornication is a soul destroying activity. Demons exploit the root of a man through fornication. Fornication can be physical. Fornication can be spiritual. Spiritual fornication is carried out while men slept. Witches and wizard can have sex with someones spirit while they are asleep. Be careful of the kind of people deal with in your waking life. 

3. Eating Food Sacrificed to Idols: Witches and wizards can give you food offered to demonic idols in their coven. When you eats such food, they use it to gain access to your blood. Also one can eat from the table of demons in dreams which can affect their life physically.  

Being an enemy of lust, is being an enemy of yourself. When you fail to forecast approximately what your future holds you certainly becomes your own enemy. If you read the book of Matthew chapter 22 verse 54-62 , you'll find that Peter, an enemy of lust (an enemy of himself) fell into temptation. Jesus advised him to watch and pray, in order to know what the future holds. 

Matthew 26:40-41,

 

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter.  “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

 

That's why Paul said that one thing he does is that he forgets what is behind and look at what is ahead- forecast. Our former or past achievement does not necessarily determines our future.

Without a right forecast you'll be creating problems for yourself. This is a new year, and Satan has made budget of problems for this year, we need to know what God is saying concerning our lives.   

We need to pray and listen to what the Lord is saying to us concerning our lives this year. Devil wants to make us our own enemy (our own problem), therefore we should forecast of our life by the word of God, and by His Spirit.

Zachariah 4:6,

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

 

To know who an enemy is, you can read my post: the enemies of a christian.  

What is Lust?

Lust is the lies your mind tells you. That's why Paul the apostle said the god of this world has blinded the minds of those that believe not the gospel (2 Corinthians 4:4). So lust is to be blinded by Satan in  your mind. This turns you on against yourself. 

Looking at the world today, lie has been the biggest tool of  Satan destructive and divisive leadership plaguing the world.  Lies produces anger, hatred and fear etc.

    

      

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''Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

''And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.

''Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? (Daniel 8:11-13).

The daily sacrifice as used in the above context suggests the strength of Israel- What they've sacrificed for to keep them as a nation on the earth. I am referring to their military. The military are territorial defenders protecting a nation. 

Israel shares a boundary with her long time enemy, Palestine also known as Philistine which in the past gloried in their champion Goliath of Gath. 

The military of Israel is referred to as the daily sacrifice because, each soldier sacrifices his or her life for the sake of the nation's territory. Indeed it's a sacrifice to watch daily at the nation's territory. 

But in the last days the Anti-Christ would take away the daily sacrifice and place the abomination that makes desolate (the armies of the Beast). Note: the Beast is also the Anti-Christ who is the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. The daily sacrifice would be removed because of the terrorist nations that are against Israel, who are against Israel taking over Jerusalem as their capital. Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Palestine are neighboring countries and also enemies of Israel determined to destroy the her and claim Jerusalem.

The Anti-Christ after establishing Jerusalem as Israel's capital (building an embassy in Jerusalem to make it Israel's capital), would see the rise of violence in the city by the Palestinians supported by those terrorist nations around Israel. This insecurity in the land would make the Anti-Christ bring in the abomination that makes desolate. 

According to Daniel 12:11,

And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Conclusion:

We are moving towards the middle of last week, which is a troublous times for Israel and the world's government. Israel's 70 years marks the beginning of the perilous times, while the woes and wars are determined in the last 42 months of the 77 years of Israel.  

     

A christian is surrounded by angry and wicked people who can be enemies.  And of course I think everyone has one enemy or the other.  First of all, i will like us to know who an enemy is. An enemy is an unwanted person- A person you do not want. Just like a weed, so is an enemy! It is believed by many that Satan is the only  enemy that a christian has. If this is true, then Satan doesn't have a kingdom. "And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?" (Matthew 12:26). Those in Satan's kingdom are as important as Satan. 

Enemies can be divided into 3 groups: