FEAR NOT, SATAN IS BEHIND IT (1)

Bible Texts: Jn.10:9-11, Est.7:6, 1Tim.5:14, Eph.2:2, Heb.12:24, Eph.6:10-12, 2Cor.5:17, Rev.12:11, Rom.10:10, 2Tim.2:15, Rom.4:17-21, Jn.3:3-7, Lk.18:1, Mk.9:27-29

Who is the real enemy that constantly wants to destroy the good and godly relationship you have with God, your wife and children? Have you ever asked yourself this question? If you have not, it is okay before today but from today, make this an important test question for yourself.

So, who then is the enemy of the husbandman? What are the invincible forces responsible for the tension, hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, hurt, lack of peace and joylessness in your life and sheepfold? The word of God provides the answer.

The devil has come but to steal, to kill and to destroy (Jn.10:10)

The real enemies of the husbandman are satan, sin and the world. They are the real deal that the husbandman must dominate and have victory over.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience (Eph.2:2)

At the root of any misbehavior in your life that is making your desire to be the good and godly husbandman difficult and your unwillingness to become the good and godly man, husband and father are unseen forces of evil. It is called the prince of the power of the air that works disobedience. It is spiritual corruption.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph.6:12)

You are not fighting against flesh and blood. What you are contending with as you lead yourself, wife and children in the way and admonition of the Lord Jesus Christ are principalities and powers and rulers of darkness in high places. So be ready for warfare, if you must remain the good and godly husbandman.

As the husbandman, you must understand that you journey to becoming the good and godly husbandman is first spiritual. And if you can have control over the spiritual, you can deal with and overcome any ungodly tendencies.

So, how do I contend with and overcome the negative and ungodly forces that want to steal, kill and destroy my heritage as the good and godly man, husband and father?

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, I take authority and cast out the influences of satan, sin and the world in my life and the lives of my wife and children.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, I exercise the power in Jesus Christ over every works of ungodliness in my life and the lives of my wife and children.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, I input the spirit of righteousness and godliness into my life and the lives of my wife and children.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am the husbandman of power and authority and I exercise God’s power to overcome the influences of satan, sin and the world working disobedience in my life and the lives of my wife and children, and I am bringing everything into the fullness of God’s perfect will because that is what makes me the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.

The devotional IN TUNE WITH GOD© is published by The Husbandman Mission International, Headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

• You can download the devotional on Google playstore by typing HUSBANDMAN DEVOTIONAL

• You can also subscribe for and invite others to subscribe for this devotional by visiting www.thehusbandman.com and clicking the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON.

• You can follow the devotional on the Mission’s twitter handle @thehusband_man

• Send us a mail of how today’s teaching has blessed you to thehusbandmaninternational@gmail.com.

• The Mission is open to and accepts invitation to churches, fellowship and ministries to speak to men, husbands and fathers.

• You are invited to join us every Thursday from 5.30pm to 6pm for intercessory prayer meeting @ Asokoro Model Junior Secondary School, Kwame Nkurumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja.

Jesus Christ is Lord over all.

Bro. Ebenezer O. Igure

Head of Mission

We are expanding,

If you are interested in contributing to the growth of this devotional, willfully contribute using the button below