There seems to be an abundance of stony ground Christians these days.Initially,they get excited about the word of God.They will hear a message on prosperity,for instance,they will go home saying hallelujah! I,m going to prosper in the name of Jesus!but then,somehow,things don,t work out like they thought they should. Their bank balance dosen,t double overnight.They go through some disappointments.They suffer some criticism.Then,before you know it,their faith withered away.
If you don,t want that to happen to you,make up your mind right now that you,re not going to let the tough times defeat you.Decide now that you,re going to hang onto the word even when the persecutions and affliction come-because,I can guarantee you,they will come.When you decide to walk by faith,you don,t get rid of trials.You learn to overcome them through prayers with the knowledge of the word.When you let the word of God get down into your heart,you,re going to learn more about the devil than you ever wanted to know because he,s going to do his best to see to it that the word is unfruitful in you.He is going to be trying to mess you up every time you turn around.You will have problems,but the difference is now you have the answer-The word of God and weapon of prayer.
Thank God,however,through Christ Jesus you have the power to defeat Satan.When he brings problems and disappointments your way,you don,t have to lie down and let them steam roll over you. Just keep fighting the good fight of faith until you win.If you get knocked down,get back up and say,Look here,Devil,I,m not going to let you the word out of my heart.It,s in there and i,m meditating on it,I,m saying it with my mouth,and I,m acting on it until God,s blessings overtake me.If you don,t believe me,just hide and watch!..If you will take that attitude,no matter what the devil does,he will never make a stony ground Christian out of you!seize this opportunity to pray devil out of your ways and you will see how cheap he is…Shalom!




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