THE GAME - 4
Praise God for another wonderful day to share a thought with you. Today, we will finally conclude our discussion on manipulation. We have revealed that manipulation is a game. We began discussions on how to overcome manipulation using the knowledge from God’s Word. Let us continue today by showing other ways we can overcome manipulation.
More Ways to Overcome Manipulation
Let me start by showing practical steps on how we can overcome manipulation. The first practical step I would like to give is on prayer. We don’t know the future or what the devil is planning against us. Only God knows, and that is why we will need His help to avoid the traps of manipulation. This will cause us not to fall into the trap of the devil in the first place, so that we then face a time-wasting situation.
By this, we should know that studying the Word of God is not enough. We must be strategically guided through the help of the Holy Spirit to overcome manipulation. However, we have our part to play by obeying the Word of God, while the Holy Spirit will always fulfil its part in helping us apply it effectively, especially when it affects our future.
As Christians, we need divine guidance to stay at an advantage when it comes to manipulation. This is why God expects us to add “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13) to our daily prayer points. We can’t fight the devil’s game of manipulation blindly; we need to see through the eyes of the Spirit.
Now there are people who experience bad dreams, and from those dreams the devil manipulates their minds to see and hear things, which causes the needed fear for him to bring it to manifestation.
We can never say that Jesus had bad dreams, so a Christian having bad dreams is most times a kind of satanic hold over his mind. What you can do to get out of this kind of hold is to lay your hands on your forehead and speak to your mind the scriptures, scriptures like, “I have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) or “God has not given me the spirit of fear but power, love and sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Just keep making that your confession, and you will see that those bad dreams will just disappear in no time. This also goes for a person that is experiencing sleepiness when he is about to study the scriptures; it is still rooted in the manipulation of the mind, and I advise you lay your hand on your head as well and pray, quoting the scriptures above concerning it. Repeat these practical steps until it goes away.
Conclusion
The purpose of this message is to illuminate our understanding so that we will not be ignorantly manipulated, because manipulation is real and very few Christians really pay attention to their thought life. The scripture tells us to “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).
We can’t be using half the truth to fight the battle of manipulation; we need the whole truth to stand against it. And we also need to be always alert in order not to fall prey to manipulation. All the devil has left to battle Christians are wiles and deception, which are actually manipulation, but with the truth and love, we can always stay victorious.
Nevertheless, the first step of overcoming manipulation is to be born again because being born again gives a person the advantage to identify manipulation with the help of the Holy Spirit and the legal spiritual authority to say no to him. So if you are not born again, you can do so right now by asking Jesus in a simple prayer to come into your life to be your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9). So say the prayer below in faith to do so right now.
Prayer for Salvation
Dear Lord, I believe Jesus died and rose again for me. Forgive me my sins and come into my life. I confess Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. Thank you, Father, for doing this for me. Help me today to overcome manipulation. In Jesus name, Amen.
I will want to say congratulations if you said this prayer in faith. I believe you are now born again and ready to confront manipulation. So just get involved in studying and meditating on the Word, and pray to God to keep you from the wiles of the devil.
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