*PART 3… TAKING TERRITORIES*
The greatest battles are fought in the mind.
Until you capture the mind of people you cannot influence them reasonably.
Going over the scriptures of last week:
The biblical story of the mad man of Gadara in Mark 5 and Luke 8.
We see a man whose mind was taken over by demons.
Once his mind was taken over, the rest was story… He goes about doing the wishes of those spirit.
Whosoever takes over the mind rules a life.
*In the same light, whatever controls our mind will determine how far we can go in life.*
_Ultimately, it’s not the circumstances of life that differs but how we think and process situation that lend to our lives how far we will go and what we will become_
*Proverbs 23:7 KJV*
*For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…*
No one go beyond what his mind approves…
And no matter the fortune we come into, we end up back to the level of our mind.
*Here are two instances in my discussion with someone today:*
1. A woman lives in USA. Very comfortably that she housed a large church in her home.
She became sick, suddenly somebody who was far beneath her in education, exposure, wealth and travels lured her to Nigeria down to a herbalist.
Then she died.
*The lesson:*
No matter how one rises in life, if his mind isn’t renewed he will fall back like pack of cards in time of crisis.
So the Bible says… Let your mind be renewed.
2. A friend talks: My prayer is… “Let the will of God be done.”
I told him, there must be a specific will we want of him.
When Jesus prayed at Gethsemane for the will of God, he had something in mind.
The Bible say we should ASK… And we shall receive….
Without this knowledge of asking, we will be children of God and we will remain despondent of the paraphernalia of grace.
*Now we are were we are going*
*When we want to take territories, we ask and demand for it:*
… This is a function of what’s on our mind… If you think you can, then you can
Psalm 2 expressly tells us: ASK OF ME… TERRITORIES
Psalm 2:8 KJV
*Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.*
_In the kingdom, you take territories to the extent of your asking… The only clause is that you take the kingdom for God in the name of Jesus Christ_
This means that we can grow in impact infinitely if ALL we are about is to the glory of God.
Like the story of the mad man of Gadara, if we fail to take the territories allotted to us, the enemies will take them.
Note: There’s no free territories, the one we fail to take, the enemies will take on:
The media
Business
Moral
Politics
Governance
Entertainment
Etc.
*This takes us to different territories:*
Some of us do believe that Christians territory is only at the church… No, no…
The bible says: the earth is the Lord and the fullness.
Politics and governance is bad because of the kind of players in it.
*Politics and governance is bad because of the kind of players in it.*
Finally, prayerfully find a territory to take for the Lord. You can.
God bless you.
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WALE ADEWUMI
