4. When you are in love with your Pastor who is married
This one may sound ridiculous, but trust me, it happens every day, I am a counselor!
A lot of ladies fall in love easily with their pastor because he is anointed and they listen to him every time. It is so easy to fall in love with your pastor, but when a Pastor who is married has fallen in love with you as well, it is better and wise to leave that church as soon as possible, because if you don’t, you will ruin yourselves!
By the time he is making advances at you, you should find another church! There is a difference between a hireling and a pastor! Don’t bother to pray that God should work it out! Are you praying that God should kill the Pastor’s wife?
If you have been sexually involved or manipulated by your pastor, leave that church. He might be a prophet or an apostle, if you are sleeping together, leave that church and leave that man!
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You say he is a spiritual father, he is married and yet sleeping with you? He is not a spiritual father; he is a spiritual nemesis! Run away! Avoid him!
Don’t bother praying. It is like both of you are sitting on a bomb, and it is better to disappear from that church! Don’t waste your time asking for His will. His will is clear, disconnect from such a relationship so that you will not delay yourself in your marital journey!
He is never going to leave his wife as he is promising you. All those lies are manipulations to keep you down in the sexual adventure.
At such scenarios, you don’t deceive yourself, you tell yourself the truth so that the truth can set you free.
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I will not miss it in marriage.
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Lord, open my eyes to know who to avoid in life
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Proverbs 2:12 [KJV]To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY Review your relationship in light of the above and mark out those to avoid.
Today is Oil For Today – Day 137. Let’s lift up our voice one more time as we pray to God! Watch Video on Youtube HERE. Check other days HERE.
Scriptures For Today
Oil For Today – Day 137
Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come
Ac 26:22 NKJV
Prayer Points For Today
Oil For Today – Day 137
Begin to thank God for today.
By the help of the LORD, I receive supernatural strength to do exploits.
O God of Jeshurun, arise to help me and send me helpers of destiny in the name of Jesus.
My business is shielded from all machinations of hell in the name of Jesus.
By the help of God, the work of my hands receives strength to rise in the name of Jesus.
In every area where I am confused, mercy shows up for me and the help of God comes through for me.
By reason of the help of God, I begin to receive angelic assistance in the name of Jesus.
Through the help of God, every mountain in the area of relationship/marriage is made a plain in the name of Jesus.
I am strengthened to say no to every form of sin and sexual compromise in the name of Jesus.
Let’s begin to thank the LORD for answered prayers.
Confession For Today
Oil For Today – Day 137
I receive help from God. I receive help for exploits. Help is available for me. Help from above comes unto me. The Lord looks down from heaven to help me. This day, I will not be stranded. I am designed for help. Help locates me. For the Lord God helps me, I will not be confounded. In my finances, I receive help for supernatural breakthrough. In my relationship/marriage, I receive help to do it right. In my business/career, I receive help to work with the right set of people in Jesus mighty name, Amen.
2. When you are in love with a married man or woman
If you have found yourself to have fallen in love with a married person, it will be good for you to also try and rise out of that love as soon as possible. It just would not work!
Oh, Pastor, it is just that married people are more mature in their thinking and know how to take care of someone. Is that all? What about the heartache and the agony a side chick will cause the rightful owner of the man? What about the unnecessary warfare emanating from the rightful owner that would be entered into?
When you are involved with a married person, chances are that you will soon be sexually involved, and that simply translates to adultery. It is graduation into unimaginable afflictions both for the man and the woman involved.
God will never answer those prayers when the prayer is indirectly saying that a person’s marriage should crash so that you can have your way! Adultery is a stupid sin because one loses at the end!
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
(Proverbs 6:32 KJV)
Here is the Message translation, which I like most
Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive;
3. When you are in love with an unbeliever
When you have fallen in love with an unbeliever, it is better you run away from such a person.
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It directly violates the principles of God and it is not just going to work out. Ok, you can say you will convert him later, but you are not the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that convicts.
You can say, he is so caring, he is this and that…but when the chips are down, an unbeliever is capable of doing anything because he is under an influence.
Everybody you see on earth is under an influence, and it can either be positive or negative! The reason you find it difficult to leave such people is that you have been sexually involved.
A soul tie has been established and it should be broken in the name of Jesus.
CONFESSION FOR THE DAY I will not miss it in marriage. I receive the strength to run away from every wrong relationship.
PRAYER FOR THE DAY Lord, open my eyes to know who to run away from
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Proverbs 2:12 [KJV]To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY Review your thought pattern in light of the above and run away where necessary.
Some Truths About Joy was taught by Rev. Sophia Okunowo on the 21st of November 2021 at Shouts of Grace Center, Joke Plaza, Beside Trans Amusement Park, Bodija-UI Road, Ibadan.
In her teaching, Rev. Sophia made mention of the following important points:
Our God is a joyful God
God is a God of joy. Understand that as a believer, your DNA is joy.
Your joy is linked to your strength.
These are powerful truths about joy.
Any time you have the joy of the LORD strength wells up from within you. Sadness is always associated with stagnation.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Nehemiah 8:10 (KJV)
God’s Kingdom is Joy
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Romans 14:17 (KJV)
Therefore when you come to God’s Kingdom you don’t have any business being sad. When you are joyful, you are giving your angels fuel to work. One of the ways the Kingdom of God operates is through joy.
Our situations and circumstances should not determine if we are joyful or not. Joy is a choice. Joy is a decision. Joy is the fruit of the recreated human spirit.
Make this declaration: I make up my mind, by the help of the Holy Spirit, to be joyful.
Three truths about joy have been discussed already; let’s move to the fourth.
There is victory in our rejoicing
So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Joshua 6:20 (KJV)
There is victory in your shout!
One of the weapons God has given us is joy There is victory ahead of us, but we need joy to take possession of it.
Joy is a drawer
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isaiah 12:3 (KJV)
God has already provided everything we need – He has given us wells of salvation – but you need a drawer (something to draw out the provision God has made for you). Joy is that drawer!
Joy is linked to your prosperity
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Joel 1:12 (KJV)
You cannot stop people from offending you, but make sure they don’t take away your joy.
The above are some of the truths about joy that you need to have knowledge of.
There are indeed more truths about joy; do well to explore them.
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Today is Oil For Today – Day 136. Let’s lift up our voice one more time as we pray to God! Watch Video on Youtube HERE. Check other days HERE.
Scriptures For Today
Oil For Today – Day 136
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah 55:12 KJV
Prayer Points For Today
Oil For Today – Day 136
Begin to thank God for today.
Today, I declare that my path is laced with joy in the name of Jesus.
I command my spirit, soul, and body to be full and overflow with abundant joy.
The joy of the LORD moves into the work of my hands and causes abundant harvest in the name of Jesus.
As a result of the joy in my spirit, the mountains facing me break forth into testimonies in the name of Jesus.
Every spirit assigned to keep me out of joy, I arrest you now and send you packing out of my life in the name of Jesus.
In every place where my peace is threatened, God becomes my shield in the name of Jesus.
Over my relationship/marriage, the joy of the LORD translates into marital beauty and bliss in the name of Jesus.
Come Sweet Holy Spirit, and fill every space of my life with Your joy.
Let’s begin to thank the LORD for answered prayers.
Confession For Today
Oil For Today – Day 136
Today, I have joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength. I go out with joy. I come in with singing. Everywhere I go, I experience joy. Everything I do brings me joy. No bad news around me. The Lord surrounds me with His peace. Peace in my relationship/marriage. Peace in my career/business. Peace in my finances. God is leading me. I will not take a wrong decision this day, in Jesus name, Amen.
