Greetings to you dearly beloved of God in Christ Jesus. If you have been battling with lust in your mind, and you don't know how to permanently overcome having lusts in your mind, the Lord has sent His word to you right now to free you completely and forever. This is the word of the Lord. Read with an open heart. Amen.

Let's take a look at our opening Bible passage again;

The Good News Bible translation uses the phrase "causes you to". Let's see it;

Waow! The Spirit of God showed me what the Lord taught by those words: the Lord simply addressed 'the source'. What that means is, every sin that a man commits, has a source that inspires it in him. - Think about that. So the Lord clearly gave us the way out of the dominance and control of sin over our lives and minds; cut off the source! and you will be free from that sin completely.

The right hand that causes a man to sin according to the words of the Lord Jesus in the verse above, simply means, the source that inspires that sin in a man. Cutting off the right hand that causes you to sin means, cutting off the source or channel that inspires that sin in you. Let me give you a practical example or scenario of this explanation: Many persons struggle with sexual thoughts in their minds, sexual actions in their minds, and many have carried that struggle with them for a long time; they are fed up, they know it's not right to be thinking those trash, but they can't just help themselves stop having those thoughts, they can't help themselves stop those sexual imaginations. But you know what, that's a simple thing to achieve, according to the teaching of the Lord Jesus which we read in our opening Bible verse. So how does such a Believer overcome that mental situation? It's simple! Observe the source or sources of the sexual inflammation in your mind! What are those things that stirs up the imaginations? Spot the source of the sexual inflammations in your mind. When you find it out, cut if off from your life! Meaning, do away with it completely. Did you notice that the Lord did not just say "cut it off", but He also added "and throw it away!" That means, don't spare that source of immoral inspiration in your life! Don't take it mildly, rather, eternally discard it from your life.

If you observe that when you are in the company of a certain friend or friends, the things they discuss and their mannerisms kind of cause you to also say the wrong things, do the wrong things, and stir up ungodly imaginations in your mind, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off that friend or friends, forever! Throw them away! It's a stern instruction given by the Lord. Throw them away! Yes.

If you observe that after watching movies or a TV programme, you find yourself imagining ungodly things, you find yourself having erotic thoughts, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off watching movies or that TV programme, forever! I tell you, you will observe the change in your mind or life the moment you cut off that source that inspires ungodliness in you. Try this, practice it! You will come back rejoicing in your liberty! Amen.

The internet is one place where gross ungodly is cheaply (if not freely) posted for anyone to feed his eyes with. So therefore, if you observe that your eyes are seeing too much (sexually erotic contents) on the internet, and you are having ungodly imaginations of sexually erotic pictures or motions, What did the Lord say? He said cut off that hand that causes you to sin, and throw it away! So therefore, cut off your content viewing presence on the internet, forever! Stop viewing internet contents! It's a discipline, and it's possible, it's achievable. I'm not saying that you should stop using the internet. Rather, stop scrolling through its contents. If you have something to do on the internet, go and do it; when you're through, exit the page or application. It's that simple. No scrolling through contents to view or to watch, no! So your usage of the internet becomes on a strict standard: you go there to do what you want to do, and when you're done, you log out from the application. You will notice the change in your imaginations.

See, if we live our lives according to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be fine, we will not have issues. I tell you. Decide to live by the Word! The Word is the true liberty and deliverance your life needs. The Word!

The Lord give you peace. Amen.

Greetings to you dearly beloved of God in Christ Jesus. Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let's examine our opening Bible passage;

Let's take a look at this passage from other Bible translations for a clearer view;

Here, godly sorrow is described as 'sadness that is used by God to bring a change of heart'.

Here it says that 'God designed us to feel remorse over sin in order to produce repentance that leads to victory [over the sin]'.

Here it says that 'the kind of sorrow God wants makes people decide to change their lives [to live a life that aligns with the salvation he/she has received in Christ]'.

Here it says that 'sadness as intended by God produces repentance [change of life/behaviour].

Here we are informed that godly sorrow results in healing and wellness in the Believer.

Waow! Having examined these different Bible translations of our opening Bible passage, we can understand that godly sorrow which springs up in the soul of the Believer when he has done something ungodly is for the purpose of restoring that Believer in the way of the Lord. When godly sorrow strikes, the Believer is put in a reflection mode; that's not the moment to be consumed by sadness, but rather, use that sadness (godly sorrow) to your advantage. As your mind go over what you have done, be intentional in reflecting on what the WORD says about you in the aspect where you have erred -  begin to meditate on the WORD and ponder on your realities in Christ in the aspect where you have erred. That sadness which is godly sorrow is not meant to consume you, it's not meant to kill you, it's not meant to afflict you with pain even though it is painful, but rather it is a godly tool used by the Holy Spirit to bring the Believer into a place of doctrinal reflection, where the Believer begin to clearly see and understand his divine nature in Christ; and by that understanding, his soul has clearly discerned how he ought to walk next time. I tell you, that Believer will leave that place a transformed man, and he will shine the light of Christ more brightly than he first shinned it. - Think on these words

Godly sorrow is for the advantage, transformation in character, and total restoration of the man in Christ. Hallelujah! Glory to God.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

The Spirit of God began to minister to my heart about the lamentations of many of God's people, how they say "oo why did this happen to me" "but why me" and lamentations of such. I began to cogitate on these thoughts as follows;

Are you now to desire problems in your life? No! But these thoughts are to let you see how that truly, all things work together for good to all who are in Christ Jesus;

When God finally delivers you from the pain or trouble, then your heart truly see His goodness, and God's love becomes a personal experience to you and not just a mere saying. - Think on these words

David said, Taste and see that the Lord is good. How would you have tasted and testified that the Lord is good if you never encountered any hitch? Anyone can say the Lord is good, but it's different when that goodness is experienced; that assurance! That certainty and personal knowledge that God is truly good! - Think about it

The Spirit of God has stirred me to send this word to you, to minister hope and strength to your heart, as you patiently look to the Lord to bring you out of your present distress.

God is with you.

So the grace of God in Christ has called us wise.

So the grace of God in Christ has called us righteous.

So the grace of God in Christ has called us sanctified

So the grace of God in Christ has called us perfect

The voice of God is the voice of His written word. Having seen the above Bible passages, we understand that God will never speak in the opposite direction of the works of His grace in Christ Jesus. God's voice to us will never contradict whatever we have become by Grace. - Selah

So dearly beloved, arm your mind with this understanding and begin to know from today when the devil speaks into your mind and hearing to condemn you and make you feel low about yourself; on hearing such voice, rebuke the devil with the Word of Grace which you have knowledge of, just the way Jesus did in His temptations in the wilderness;

That's how to respond to contrary voices that speaks into your mind what God's grace has not said about you.

Observe the verse 8, for it is written

Beloved, that is how to respond to contrary voices, you've got to educate them on what the Gospel has declared concerning you; that way, you put them to a permanent silence in your life. - Selah. Don't resist contrary voices with counter attack thoughts, thoughts will not work; mere thinking cannot withstand opposing voices which play in your mind. You've got to do it like Jesus, speak out the WORD!

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

THERE ARE NO PROMISES OF GOD FOR ANY BELIEVER TO CLAIM

'For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.' - 2 Corinthians 1 vs 20 {KJV}

• For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen

Let me rephrase this Bible verse for you, so that you will understand what the Apostle said here;

'All the promises of God are yes and amen in Christ.'

The two words "Yes & Amen" in this context means "fulfillment, fulfilled". So what the Apostle Paul said is, All the promises of God are fulfilled in Christ. Uhmmm!

It's important that you know that every promise God made through the mouth of Prophets and men of God in the Old Testament days were prophecies of the Messiah, concerning His coming, what He would do, what He would suffer, His death, burial, and His resurrection from the dead; and Christ has fulfilled all of it;

'And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.' - Luke 24 vs 27 {KJV}

• in all the scriptures the things concerning himself

'And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.' - Luke 24 vs 44 {KJV}

• all things (all the promises of God / prophecies) must be fulfilled
• which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me

You see... All the promises of God spoken through the mouths of the Prophets in the Old Testament were concerning Christ, and He has fulfilled every one of them. - Think about it

Now, there's a fatal error practiced by many Christians, and that's one major source of the frustration of many Christians today; it is the error of claiming just any good word in the Bible as a personal word. Listen, when you read the Bible, you must be very observant and watchful of the audience to which words were spoken, and the reason for which they were spoken. For example;

'But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' - Philippians 4 vs 19 {KJV}

It's just amazing how a Christian will consider this verse of the Bible as a promise of God to him! It's just waoww! And when the situations and conditions of their lives don't look like "the promise" which they have claimed, they begin to murmur and complain, and many times eventually become frustrated, and many fall out of the Faith. Why? Wrong understanding! - Think about it

The above Bible verse was the Apostle Paul praying for the brethren at Philippi, who gave resources (money/provision) to him. You must pay attention to context when you read the Bible, because the life of every Bible word or statement is in the context at which it was used. - Selah. You can read the whole chapter 4 of that book to understand the communication there; but let's see the immediate pretext, so that we can ascertain the audience to whom Apostle Paul made that prayer;

'But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.' - verse 18

• having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you

You see...they gave to him, and in return, he blessed them. Period! You cannot claim that prayer and make it personal if you were not among those who gave that gift to him. - Think on this slowly

So you see dearly beloved, there are no pending promises of God for any Believer to claim and make personal, no! All the promises of God were about the Messiah, and He has fulfilled every one of them. So therefore, be careful how you lay claim to Bible promises that were not intended to be spoken for material provisions for anyone; because, you will be the victim at the end of the day. Any faith or expectation anchored on a false doctrine/knowledge/understanding cannot produce the desired result; hence, will definitely end in disappointment and unfruitfulness.

The only promise of God that can be made personal is the promise of Salvation to the man that believes; and this promise is made only to the sinner;

'He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved...' - Mark 16 vs 16 {KJV}

'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.' - John 3 vs 16 {KJV}

This is the only promise that yet exists in the entire Bible - the promise of Salvation to them that believe; every other promises of God have been fulfilled in Christ. Glory to God.

Therefore beloved, are you one of such frustrated brethren I spoke of? Have your expectations from what you believed over the years failed, and you're about to give up on Christianity? My friend, calm down! Forgive all those who have wrongly taught you the scriptures, tell yourself that you will learn the truth and know what the Bible actually teaches. Now, go for Truth! Prayerfully ask God to guide and lead you to a sound teacher of the Bible. When you find him, stay with him. God is with you; be restored of your wasted years. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

- Jenning U. Angel

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- Jenning U. Angel

Greetings dearly beloved of God in Christ. If you have not read the first part of this teaching, you will not know where this teaching is coming from, and hence, you will not have a wholistic understanding of the teaching generally. So I advice that you proceed immediately to the first part of this teaching and read, and understand; then come back here and continue learning on this subject. Click here to read the first part of this teaching.

Okay. So having read the first part of this teaching, we have being able to see how to bring our minds to focus when we pray. Now, why is it important that our minds are focused when we pray?

So you see, these are the benefits of being focused in your mind when you pray. Nevertheless, the Spirit of God wants you to know that, even when your mind is distracted with thoughts as you pray, God is still hearing you. Let's take a look at our opening Bible passage;

This is very key! Remember, God's word is final authority! - Selah. The Bible tells us clearly that when we speak in tongues, we speak to God. The distractions of our minds cannot change this! Never! You may be speaking in tongues and at the same time thinking about a project you are planning of executing, and at the same time, you're thinking about your children's school fee, and at the same time you're thinking of your girl friend that left you; whatsoever the distraction in your mind may be as you speak in tongues, it does not change the truth that you are speaking to God. So long as you were still speaking in tongues (though your mind was lost in other thoughts), you were speaking to God. This is truth and fact, because the Bible said so. - Think about it

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh unto God - meaning, so long as you continue to speak in tongues, the distractions happening in your mind cannot deny the fact that you are yet speaking to God. Why is the Spirit of God telling you this at this time? it's so that you will not loose confidence in your prayer because of the many distractions that happened to you (in your mind) while you prayed. satan is crafty! he can introduce doubt into your mind from that happening, whereby you might begin to feel you wasted your time in that prayer because of the many unholy and ungodly thoughts your had up playing in your mind while you were praying, which can make you loose faith in your prayer; and the moment doubt sets in, answers are aborted. - Selah

We can clearly see that to waver (to doubt) after you have prayed is to not receive any thing of the Lord.

Therefore dearly beloved, stand fast upon the truth, stand strong upon the the written word! When you speak in tongues, you speak to God! While it is excellent and proper to have your mind with you when you pray, nevertheless, so long as you are speaking in tongues, nothing is hindering those words from entering God's ears! Not even the distractions in your mind. The Bible says, He that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh unto God. If you ever spoke in tongues, God heard you. Put your faith on this truth! Be in peace. Amen.

God is with you.

A whole lot of persons living in the earth today are living in fear; fear birthed from their lack of understanding of the WORD, and this fear ranges in forms and types, and is diverse. Speaking particularly of Christians: some have fear/anxiety that they are going to hell, some have fear/anxiety that they have offended God and God is angry at them, some fear that they will die. The fear is just diverse, based on what the situation the person is faced with. But dearly beloved, the first thing I want you to know this minute is, fear does not come from God. Let's examine our opening Bible verse again;

We are informed that God has not given us the spirit of fear. In other words, God did not give the spirit of fear; meaning that God did not give the spirit of fear to the Believer. That means that, if a Believer is consumed in fear and anxiety, that anxiety or fear didn't come from God. - Think about it

For the fact that someone is afraid, it means that there's something that has made him afraid. Men don't fear for nothing, something makes a man to fear. - Selah

So fear has a voice. A Believer who has fear in him is terrified or overwhelmed by a voice - an inner voice, and evidently that voice is the voice of falsehood which is of the devil. Once that voice is addressed by the word of God, so goes the fear also. It's instant, and joy and peace becomes the order of that heart and mind. Hallelujah!

Our opening Bible verse lists to us three (3) virtues that God gave to us. Let's look into them;

Remember I highlighted to you that fear has a voice. Now God did not give us the spirit of fear, but He gave us His Spirit. Now the Spirit of God in the Believer manifests these three in him; Power, Love and Sound mind. - Selah

In these words of the Lord Jesus, we see one of the ministries of the Holy Spirit in the Believer,

The Holy Spirit reminds us of God's power in us; the Holy Spirit reminds us of God's love towards us in Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit reminds us of our new nature in Christ, causing us to walk in discipline and self-control.

Note: The word 'sound mind' as used in our opening Bible passage speaks of 'discipline and self-control'. That's the context. Okay.

Dearly beloved, when the devil tells you that you will go to hell for whatever reason, and you are troubled by that voice and you begin to be in fear and anxiety, the Holy Spirit reminds you of the love of the Father towards you, by rehearsing in your heart the written Word concerning the assurance of your Salvation, and that voice is silenced, and immediately you feel lifted; lo, you are lifted and free! By the WORD. - Think about it

Let's see some words of assurance;

As you read these words, I feel in my spirit that the Lord is filling hearts with Peace, even by these words. Amen. Now understand this, a Believer who doesn't have the knowledge of the Gospel cannot experience the fullness of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in his life. That is because the Holy Spirit does not speak to us His own words, Jesus said so! The Holy Spirit reminds us of what has already been spoken/written, He guides us into the knowledge of the Truth - that means, the Holy Spirit helps us understand the Scriptures.

He imparted on them the Holy Spirit. Luke's account of this verse tells us what that impartation did to them;

You see... So we clearly see and understand that it is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to guide the Believer into the understanding of the written word. - Selah

So I said to you that a Believer who doesn't have the knowledge of the Gospel cannot experience the fullness of the ministry of the Holy Spirit in his life. That is because the Holy Spirit does not speak to us His own words, the Lord Jesus said so! The Holy Spirit reminds us of what has already been spoken/written;

So we clearly see and understand that the Holy Spirit only speaks to us the words which God has spoken.

Dearly beloved, having read these things, you see the importance of the Believer having the knowledge of the WORD in him.

When the devil tells you anything that brings fear and anxiety into your life, recall what the Word has said concerning that situation, and stand on it; that becomes the end of that fear.

From this verse, we understand that indeed satan fires darts to men. Some are darts to the body, some are darts into the mind. But whatever the dart is, the WORD tells us how to overcome them; the WORD says that we should take the shield of faith, with which we quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

In understanding how we take hold of the shield of faith, let's examine the Sword and the Shield, as instruments of war (physical). The Sword is held with the hands, the Shield (which is a protection) is held also with the hands. So we have established an understanding that the Shield and the Sword are held with the hand. Okay. Let's see this;

Here, we see the word of God referred to as a Sword, as a spiritual weapon; but this time, it is handled with the mouth not the hand. It's called the 'word of God'. That means it is handled with the mouth because words are found in the mouth not in the hand. - Selah

That means, the words of My mouth. Look at it, nobody holds a sword with the mouth. So that line of words 'the sword of My mouth' means 'the words of my mouth'. This proves again to us that the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God is handled with the mouth. So you don't fight spiritual battles by holding your Bible in your hand; that's not gonna get the job done. The word must be in your mouth, you must speak forth the WORD concerning your situation in other to see the desired changes. - Selah

Now, we've established the fact that the Sword and the Shield as physical weapons are held with the hands. Likewise, the Sword and the Shield as spiritual weapons are held with the mouth. You see...

He says, take the shield faith. Take. That word 'Take' connotes using the hands. And we saw that the Sword which is a hand weapon in the physical, is handled with the mouth as a spiritual weapon. That means, every spiritual weapon which exists in the physical, that is presented to us in the Bible in the same context of 'take', is handled with the mouth. - Think about it. May God grant you understanding.

So we take the shield of faith by speaking the word of God in counter attack to the situation that we are faced with.

In physical battle, the Sword is used for attack, the Shield is used for defense. It's same with spiritual battles; the WORD is used for attack, and the same WORD is used for defense. The WORD is both the Sword and the Shield.

When you are attacked by the enemy, you speak forth the word of God concerning that situation that you are faced with; you recall what the WORD has said concerning what you are faced with, and you speak it forth, standing upon it, and you will have the victory over that situation.

Remember our opening Bible passage;

Remember what I explained to you that the Spirit which God gave us (The Holy spirit) reminds us of God's power in us, He reminds us of God's love towards us, and He reminds us of our new nature in Christ.

The Holy Spirit reminds us of God's love towards us. That means, any voice you hear that does not come from the place of love, is not from God! Any voice that condemns you or judges you or accuses you, is not the voice of the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit reminds us of the Father's love for us, He doesn't judge us; He doesn't condemn us, He doesn't accuse us.

Meaning, who can bring any accusation against the Believer in Christ? It's obvious that God does not do the accusation, hence the question!

God cannot justify and accuse at the same time. - Selah. To justify means to be declared not guilty. God cannot say you are not guilty, and at the same time pass a sentence on you. - Beloved, think!!!

He is telling you that nobody can condemn you; because the one (satan) that condemns you didn't die for you. The one that has the authority and legality to condemn you, died for you; His name is JESUS. Glory to God forever. Amen.

Waowww! What a time we have had in the WORD. I know that God has refreshed your heart by these words that I have spoken unto you by the Spirit of God. Live in peace. Fear not. God is with you.