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lettalktrue:
Thanks we are moved by your prayer.

God bless you.

Brother you have a good mind. Please think of your security and that of your home. And then make intercession in prayer for Nigeria and the leaders to be influenced by the Spirit of God. Because even if the leaders get hold of the best strategies to handle the issue, there are still forces(unseen to the eyes) working aggressively to make them fail.

Some of us are not bothered one bit by the insecurity situation because we have fled into our refuge Christ Jesus. I walk boldly and confidently, I go by the invisible Word of God. The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want security. Do same and the peace of God will guard you

This is very bad

I've seen a great evil. Satan and his demons are influencing men to allow evil in their minds as long as it's done to a group they hate.

People are now laughing and having fun when bad things happen to others.

Don't let Satan use you to prepare the coming of his man of perdition. You must hate evil equally no matter where you see it. Come to Jesus who turns the chiefest of sinners to righteous men. He has the power to do that. Not you

Kids shouldn't go through this. Things like this causes low self image. Even when they get successful, they don't stay successful for long because they still think they don't deserve it. Poor mindsets are difficult to get rid of.

Bring your children to Jesus.

The way people kill these days shows that the law of lawlessness is abounding to its fullest. Men are getting desensitized to evil. And less appalled by evil.

Please guard your eyes and your hearts. These are gateways for evil into your mind. Come to Jesus and behold him in the Word. As you look at him you will be like him. He has triumphed over all these evils. All these bad news everyday, please give your mind a break with the good news of your death, burial and resurrection with Jesus.

May God bless you. And keep you. You were saved by nothing else but the mercies of God. If you are not in Christ please run to him, he is the city of refuge. The days are evil. Satan and all his cohorts are working endlessly and consistently to wear us out. If you are in Christ please walk in him, so you can prove the perfect will of God and save those around you. The time is short.

Are you a believer that watches porn a lot? Say this. And you will be free immediately.

Do you remember the Communion supper Jesus had with his disciples the night he was betrayed? He broke bread and gave them to eat, saying it was his body. And the wine which was his blood, they drank. It marked the signing in or certification of their (our) oneness with Christ. It means by eating that bread and drinking that wine, mankind was inseparably joined with Christ. This meant that whatever was to come upon man, would come upon Christ, and whatever was to come upon Christ would come upon mankind. If man was to be punished for sin, Christ would take it because by his oneness with man, he took the nature of man, Sin. And if blessings were to come upon Christ, man will take it because by his oneness with Christ he took the nature of Christ, Righteousness. That was the summary of the Communion. The moment they ate the bread and drank the wine, they signed this agreement. It became the reality of Christ and Man. Man was in Christ. And Christ was in Man.

When the Jews were confused about this, Jesus just stated the truth anyway. He didn't go into dispute with them because it was a reality, he didn't succumb to the natural reasoning of men. He said:

John 6:51-57

English Standard Version

51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

When man(represented by the apostles) ate and drank, he came into Christ. And Christ came into him.

Man was headed for the wrath of God, then Christ the one who did no wrong, who knew no wrong, in him is no wrong was by his union with man headed for the wrath of God. Christ had to die and be separated from God, just as man. He had signed the agreement in the upper room of Communion.

Christ became sin in 2Corinth 5:21. In the 1st part Christ was made sin, became sin even though he knew no sin. Now you wonder, how possible is this?

Pay attention, he took the nature of sin by his oneness with man, even though he did not sin, even once. This means, it's possible to have the nature of something or someone without acting out that nature. Did you see that?

He was stricken not because of the act of sin but because of the nature of sin. So it's the nature of a man that decides his fate not the act.

What made the wrath of God come upon Christ was the sin nature. Christ became sin. That was enough to be condemned.

Now, read 2Corinth 5:21 again. What do you see in the second part. that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him

So the purpose of Christ taking on man's nature was to ensure that man takes on his nature too, Righteousness. In the process of time, sin was dealt with first, before Righteousness came in to play.

So on the cross, man was still one with Christ. In his death on the cross, man was still one. In the grave, man was still one. He went to hell, man was still with him. He rose with man, ascended still as one with man, and sat with man on the throne by the right hand of God the Father. And is still seated with man.

Man was going to be declared righteous if Christ was to rise from the dead. It meant 2 things. 1,The nature of sin was gone forever for every man in Christ. 2,Jesus would have to be an acceptable offering before God for mankind. And if accepted, he would be raised and man would be declared righteous (by his oneness with Christ)

In Romans 4:25
New International Version
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Yes, Jesus rose from the dead! Which means man has the victory! This is the Crux of the Christian faith. This is why we are believers. If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, we would still been in sin. But the nature of sin is gone for you in Christ.

Christ rising from the dead was like coming out of prison after serving time. His coming out showed he has finished paying for the crime(of man). So he is justified to live free. By man's oneness, to Christ he took on a new nature on the resurrection. This nature was Righteousness with no spec of sin on it. This means man can now act out Righteousness his new nature something he could not in his former nature of sin.

If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold all things have become new

This means. You are the opposite of sin now. And you have the nature of God in you. It means you are holy. Perfect. Can't sin. Yes, you can't sin now. You are your nature not your act. Your nature, Righteousness does not produce sin. As far as God is concerned, since the day you got born again, you have never sinned. There is no record anywhere of sins for you. You stand not condemned before God. Remember, it's your nature that decides your fate not your act.

So where do these acts of sin come from and who is responsible for them you may ask. Pay attention, you will break free from these addictions and sins that are not yours and begin to live out your true nature.

Have you ever read Romans 7 when Paul was talking about his struggle with sin even though in his inner man(which was his real self) he delighted in the law of God(not the ten commandments) he found another law in his members (physical senses/appetites-the outward man, not his real self) working contrary to the nature of God.

When you were saved, your Spirit which is who you are was saved. Your mind wasn't saved. Your body wasn't saved. You are a Spirit living in a body with a mind. Your mind was programmed to sin according to the old man. Your body follows what your mind habours and expresses.

In Romans12 vs2, believers are to renew their minds according to the Word of God.

This means the real you, the new you which is Righteousness has to come out through your mind to your body/physical senses. This is what putting on Righteousness means and putting off sin of the old man.

So how do you get it out. How do you get your holiness out into your mind and physical senses.

Start saying it. Start saying "I am holy" "I am righteous" " I am delivered from sin" " I am delivered from porn addiction" "I delight in the law of God" "I have the nature of God" Get hold of the Word of God and start confessing your new nature. The power comes from your mouth. After you have believed anything in the Bible meditate on it, and start confessing it. In no time you will be free from these strongholds.

Grace and peace.

Are you always on Nairaland because you can't face people? And psychologists have described your condition as extreme social anxiety? Have you ever thought that it could be an external invisible influence on your mind. Read my story>

Listen, all my life until now I lived with this wicked spirit. I don't know whether it came upon me at birth or when I was still in the womb but from childhood I knew I was different from other kids. I was weird and preferred my own company. I was extremely shy and afraid of people or any social setting or gathering. When' it was my turn to speak about something I found myself panicking for no known reason.

It got worse as I grew older. Even after I got born again, this spirit was still upon my mind. As long as it remained on me I never had a good quality life. It would pressure me to stay alone, causing other people to stay away from me. In short I was in bondage to this spirit of loneliness.

Last year January, the Lord started to show me his grace and how much he loved me through the cross. He did this through ministers of God who radically preached the gospel of grace. The best for me, was Joseph Prince. I experienced tremendous changes. Note, I experienced changes because all the things I saw manifest in my life were already there for me in Christ Jesus. But through the hearing of faith, they sprouted out. So many chains were broken, and my life had taken a new direction. The "extreme social anxiety" I had was no longer extreme but mild but not very mild. Let me explain, I started walking on the road without panicking much. Before I couldn't dare stare into strangers' eyes for fear of panicking that started to affect even my legs. Standing on queues especially ATM queues became less of a struggle. Previously, once it got to my turn to use the ATM my heart will begin to beat so fast, my hands will start shaking and I will even get a little confused.

This evil spirit started to make me sick too! I had this strange thing happening to me that could not be medically identified. (I won't go into details for now so I don't derail). This spirit of loneliness will cut your life short if you let it. It would have killed you since if it could but God preserved you by his mercies to save you and deliver you. In many churches today, they don't talk about evil spirits because much of the church is ignorant and the consequences are grievous. Child of God don't be ignorant. Jesus while on earth casted out devils many times before there is a mention of him healing the sick because many sicknesses are caused by these "spirits in heavenly places". Anytime the bible talks about Jesus' healing it never does without mentioning that he casted out devils because they are here with us to steal, to kill and to destroy. And they are not merciful! They are not in prison yet remember, they are roaming the earth. Satan wonders about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He seeks who to devour because he can't devour just anyone. But he devours the unbelievers and the ignorant believers!

This year I relocated to a new state. Thanks to God, I got an okay Job but let me tell you, this stinking spirit reared its ugly head like a vengeance. And it tried to turn me into a public spectacle. The strange sick symptom I was having got worse, the panicking got bad. I was tempted to quit the job. The pressure was too much for me. Meanwhile I was still feeding on the gospel of grace, praying in tongues and meditating everyday but I didn't understand why "the anxiety" was getting worse. Though on the inside, I still had peace and joy. But there was this heaviness that was coming upon me. It was depressing. Inside me I was not depressed, but in my emotion I felt traces of depression. It was like I was depressed and not depressed at the same time. My work load piled up and I started to meditate less and less not just because of time but I started to feel discouraged. And this made me scared. Because I knew the solution lies with the Lord, and if I was getting discouraged and leave the Word where would my help come from.

But the still voice of the Lord was "There is light at the end of the tunnel" "You are passing through it right to the top" And like a spark that rose up from the inside of me, I hoped against hope. I asked the Lord to help me and grant me wisdom to get out of this. I thanked him and received it by faith.

After then, the first thing the Lord showed me was how I tolerated this "extreme anxiety" because I thought it was not as bad as before. Its like spotting a cobra under your kitchen table and ignoring it because its not moving around.

The first thing I wanted to get rid of was this strange sickness. (Before I gave up on my ways) I went to several doctors including a vet but none could say what exactly was wrong with me. I will describe to them the symptoms and they will prescribe some drugs for me, then I will feel better but at the end of the medication, I will fall sick again. I made a strong resolve not to take any more drugs because they were just not it at all.

I remember one evening of March, and the Lord skillfully led me to listen to a particular preacher's word on healing. I used to tell myself that one day I'll check out this preacher cos I have a feeling I will be blessed through him. And the Lord was like, "Give him a try now"

I started watching his videos on YouTube. Creflor Dollar's preaching on healing was unique. He emphasized more on exercising spiritual authority over sicknesses, Satan and situations. I was this very passive Christian. Though I saw wonders even while laid back most of the times but I quickly realised that this "passivity" was a problem.

Through Creflor the Lord opened my eyes to the Spiritual authority we as believers have on the earth. Seated with Christ on the throne at the right hand of God the Father far above all principalities and powers. Through Christ and in his name I have authority to cast out devils and heal the sick. When Jesus was on earth he had all power and authority over all, everything and he has given the church this same power and authority to exercise in his name. Authority is not exercised when we believe in our heart or give mental assent to a thing. We can only exercise authority by speaking! Speak! Speak! Speak! I got it. Jesus spoke to either the demons, spirits of infirmity or victims. He commanded them to leave or be healed. He never asked the Father to heal the sick or raise the dead. But we see him thanking the Father because God's will is God's Word and God's Word is God's will. God sent Jesus to save men and heal the broken hearted. And God's word is established already as long as Jesus was on the earth healing was given to mankind. The only thing left was to thank God and give the word through our mouths because that's were the power is released for salvation, healing, deliverance, prosperity, etc. And that was Jesus' ministry on earth which he has given us, the church.

Now, I learned a great a deal. I was already healed two thousand years ago which means this whole thing happening to me was a lie from the father of lies. By the stripes of Jesus i was healed. I was even delivered from satanic influences a long long time ago. You must have this revelation. Because if you don't come to this place where you know that you know that you know you wont be able to use your authority. Get hold of the word. Listen to sermons on righteousness by faith, God's love, healing, spiritual authority, meditate. Do everything to get that word into your heart. And when it gets in, it brings forth revelation, faith and so many fruits. You must come to a place where you don't care about the visible anymore. Where only the Word of God is what you see cos God's word is the reality irrespective of how you feel. With this revelation, I turned from asking the Lord to do what he has done for me already to declaring healing upon my body. I started to radically command my body to be healed in the name of Jesus. But first I rebuked the lying symptom and spirit of infirmity. I kept on rebuking and commanding healing with a vengeance for days,the symptoms have not completely gone but I don't consider my body anymore. I stopped considering my body from the day I saw I was completely healed in Christ. My eyes are transfixed on the finished work of healing and it is from this place of rest and victory that we are to wrestle the unseen forces that try to steal what we have in Christ. I have digressed a lot this healing is a whole topic on its own.

Back to this Spirit of loneliness. From my experience, its important to know what exact spirit is troubling your mind because if you don't know it you can't cast it out. You must call it by an identifiable name. For example if you say "spirit of anxiety" leave in place of "spirit of loneliness" something might leave but it won't be the spirit of loneliness. You might feel less anxious or not anxious anymore but the looming spirit of loneliness will still be there.

In my case I commanded the spirit of fear and intimidation to leave and it left(resist every time you feel it coming back,its not you its a spirit that has no right to be on you). I thought now I could socialise well with people but I was wrong. I was back to work the next day and this pressure to stay away from everyone was still there though I was no longer fearful, the lonely spirit was still there.

I knew I was lonely but I didn't even for once think that a spirit was behind this. I thought it was just me, weird me, introvert. I was wrong! The Lord of course was working in me wisdom and precision. He was guiding my steps. My faith was getting stronger with every authority i exercised. Few days after I rebuked fear and intimidation from my life with no successful result yet on my social life, I was listening to the word on YouTube when I saw another video about identifying satanic spirits by Derek Prince(late). And the Lord prompted me to click on it. I clicked on it and I think after about 4minutes or so he started to mention these spirits. And then he said "... the spirit of loneliness" gbam. I just knew this was it! You just know because you have upon you the auction of God's Spirit. The Lord pressed me to cast it out immediately. And then I went like this, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth you spirit of loneliness get out of my life!" Ever since I learned spiritual authority I've hard this burning anger against the devil and all his agencies.

From that moment I commanded it to leave, it left. I sighed in relief or was it the Holy Sprit that kept sighing in relief inside of me? I don't really know but I found myself sighing continuously for 48 hours. This thing was a defeated foe that sought to destroy my life.

When it left, I realised that not only was I closed up to the people around I was also not fully open to the Lord. I kept to myself most of the times. I didn't have that intimate relationship with the Lord like I should especially going by how much I knew of him. I don't know how that happened but one day everything will be clear to me.

Don't waste 1 second, resist him now and he will flee. He is a coward.

Patokegod:
My people perish because of lack of knowledge. Disconnecting yourself from God is tantamount to death.
Let's hook on God for all things pertaining y life.

Amen brother

Group can't thrive without you guys. Pls drop your numbers, and let's redeem the time !

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Added you.

Beloved, our Lord Jesus is at hand, its not enough to just pray people hear the gospel of grace, let's reach out to the world and present the gospel of hope that was once delivered to us so that people can see who God is for themselves.

We can start planning on WhatsApp while trusting the Lord to strengthen and bless us.

I will create a WhatsApp group and add everyone(including those not in Lagos).

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alBHAGDADI:
You can't save yourself. Or can you take yourself to heaven which you don't even know the road to?

Works are what show that you are saved, not what you should bank on for salvation. You are saved already once you have faith in Jesus.

Where do you reside? I am looking for grace believers

jiggaz:
Thank you my brother... Your explanation is sooo on point!!

Which state do you reside in?

May God grant his family the condolence to bear the loss. This is too painful

Nigerians the reason we are backward and suffering is because we are not hearing the true gospel.

The god of this world, Satan has blinded our eyes to the glorious gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel is called good news, good news! Good news are news that make you cheerful, it brings peace and joy to your heart. That is what the gospel is. But Satan has transformed himself into an angel of light and has subtly turned our minds away from the gospel. He has presented to us another gospel that is no gospel at all. This gospel is preached in almost all Nigerian churches that is why our hearts are still hard and corrupt.


The good news is the grace of God given to us freely without any works or merit.

Satan echoes this too but he always adds a condition at the end, something you must do to earn it, making it not good news at all. This has made many of us reject God or see God as angry and his love conditional. These are all lies and its very important that we reject this gospel. And accept the true gospel.


Look at the cross again. But before the cross, look at the suffering, the stress, the beatings, the spitting on the only perfect man that ever walked this earth. He was holy, righteous and did no sin and yet they crucified him and God approved it. God who declared him his beloved and only begotten approved his death, God himself struck him and turned his back on him on the cross.

The just, who did no wrong was punished by God for sins he did not commit. It was not his sins but God punished him for them. They were your sins and my sins. But God instead of punishing us for them turned and punished his only son. Has someone taken the punishment for your crime before? Imagine it. Which means you never get punished again for that crime because someone has given himself for you. If you are punished again, it would be wrong and very wicked of the prosecutor.


You see, it would be unholy of God to punish you for sins that someone has borne. It would be wicked of God to keep you thirsty, restless, stressed, sad and fearful when someone else has borne all your griefs. Jesus didn't just bear your thirst and sufferings, he gave you his righteousness.

Do you know what it means to be righteous before God? It means you are now a slave of hope. You are now set up for good for ever. It means when you do wrong, God would still be smiling at you(wait, don't jump at me yet).

Look back at Jesus life again, did he ever commit one sin? No. Was he going about doing good, blessing and healing the poor and sick? Yes.
Wasn't he the only one that kept the law? Yes. So why did God pour his wrath on him since he did no wrong. Before the cross God was very pleased with Jesus and commanded the apostles to listen to him. Even John bore witness of him.


God was angry but he wasn't angry at Jesus. He was angry at us. He would have punished us but he turned and smite his only son instead. He put our sins on Jesus, and made Jesus sin(sin offering). Now here is the catch, God exhausted all his wrath on Jesus. He punished him for all our sins in our entire lifetime. The blood of bulls could not purge us of being conscious of sins and had to be shed every year. (Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin). Jesus became the once and forever sacrifice never to be repeated again because of its efficacy to purge our conscience of sin, wipe out all our sins and speaks better things over our heads. Because of the blood of Jesus the wrath of God has passed over us. We have escaped the wrath of God because of one thing only, the blood of Jesus.


God is smiling at you, his hands are open to you. He is no longer angry at you. Come home! He will never be angry at you! Jesus hasj borne all his anger. There is no more wrath. Come home to your father lost sheep. When you sin, he would still hold you as tight as ever because sin has been punished in the body of Jesus. God rose Jesus from the dead, to show you all your sins are put away. Sin is a past issue child of God. Jesus rose from the dead as a proof of your new life.


Jesus, the last Adam is far greater than the first Adam. Because of Adam's disobedience, we all became sinners. Even when you do good as a sinner, you are still a sinner. Your good behaviour changes nothing. Now, through Jesus' obedience we become righteous. Even when we do wrong as righteous, we are still righteous. Do you know that what Jesus did is far greater than what Adam did? In Adam, we were enslaved to sin but in Jesus Christ we are slaves of righteousness. This is a fact that you must believe. You must believe this. If you do not believe this, even if you are saved, you will never overcome your bad habits, addictions, stress and suffering. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your house