Healing our land includes correcting faulty teaching within the church. Part 2

PRAY FOR HAITI DAY 36
GLOBAL PRAYER INITIATIVE OF HAITIAN CHURCHES

Theme Verse 2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Healing our land includes correcting faulty teaching within the church. Part 2

Though demons cannot possess a true believer however: true Christians can be oppressed and or influenced by Satan and his demons. Possession is an internal operation while oppression and influence are external. When a believer gets involved in ungodly activities we open ourselves to demonic oppression and influences. (Eph 4:27). 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. This verse implies that you have the power to give the devil access into our lives. There are many ways Christians give the devil a foothold in our lives:
1. Telling Lies: John 8:44 …When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Eph 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
2. Harboring Anger: Eph 4:26. “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, God warned Cain about his anger problem. Gen 4:6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.” When you don’t deal with your anger quickly you give the devil access to whisper to you. “ARE YOU GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THAT?

PRAY: Ask the Lord for strength to obey His word so that you “don’t give the devil a foothold.”
ACT: One way to enforce obedience to God’s word in your life is to help others live it in their lives.

With U4 Him
Mullery Jean-Pierre
Pastor, Beraca Baptist Church