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to talk to you about dangerous spiritual
Covenants
the term covenants is of Latin origin
meaning a coming together
this can be like a contract or entering
a relationship or agreeing on promises
you can enter a covenant through words
you can enter a covenant through vows or
promises or even physical Acts
and since the Covenant can also be
defined as a relationship in which two
parties make binding promises to each
other
this means that you can even enter a
covenant unintentionally if you aren't
careful about what you're saying or what
you're doing
remember that the Bible in Proverbs
chapter 6 verse 2 says
you have been trapped by what you said
ensnared by the words of your mouth
you could be trapped by what you say
this is a warning
you can easily enter an evil Covenant
unknowingly because of what you say
now a story is told about a certain
young woman who got involved with a
young man
now unbeknownst to this young woman this
young man was involved in occult
practices and Suits saying
he was a man who was under a demonic
influence but you couldn't see it with a
naked eye
to the Natural Eye he was prim and
proper
now to the young lady this young man
presented this World of Magic and
fortune telling us a game as
light-hearted entertainment
they would be a dinner and while they
are waiting for their food he would take
her hands and jokingly ask if he could
tell her future
as a couple they only lasted a few
months
and they went their separate ways
but the young woman started to
experience strange things
unfortunate things even she became
seriously ill and bedridden but the
doctors couldn't find out why
eventually they simply diagnosed her as
depressed
and in her own words she would say that
she felt like she was walking around
with big heavy chains around her neck
she would struggle to sleep
she didn't enjoy anything at all
she had explored every possible medical
solution and everything had failed
so together with the help of her mother
this young lady called on a genuine man
of God
her local pastor
she asked him to pray for healing and
the pastor agreed but first he wanted to
fast and pray before he went to see her
several days later the pastor finally
came to see this woman
during a conversation with the mother
and daughter Pastor found out about the
young lady's prior relationship
and as she was speaking she said a lot
of my friends think I'm down because I
had a bad breakup
the pastor probed a bit more and the
woman revealed the nature of her
relationship with this young man
she confessed to being involved
intimately with him as well as playing
along with some of his occult rituals
the pastor explained to her and said the
moment you opened yourself up to his
occult games and activity you entered a
covenant with him
because by virtue of opening yourself up
and being receptive of his influence
you are in agreement with him and
whatever spirit that was upon him
that Pastor prayed he declared the blood
of Jesus Christ over her and prayed to
break that Covenant
and the very next day there was an
undeniable change on this young woman's
face and demeanor
God set her free and broke the chains
that were so heavy on her
the moral of the story is that we should
all be more prayerful when it comes to
who we associate with
we must be more careful when it comes to
the promises the vows and things we
choose to say
be careful of entering dangerous Unholy
and evil Covenants unknowingly
when you have sex outside of marriage
you're entering a covenant
when you make promises and vows be
careful
you could be entering a covenant
the Bible talks a lot about Covenants
Genesis 2 verse 24 says therefore a man
shall leave his father and his mother
and hold fast to his wife other
translations say to be joined or to be
United together with his wife and they
shall become one flesh
now here a man shall commit the act of
leaving his father and mother to go to
his wife
once his wife they shall become one
through the act of sex
this establishes a covenant between this
man and this woman
furthermore the Bible says in Matthew
chapter 5 verse 37
let what you say be simply yes or no
anything more than this comes from evil
when I read this I take this as a
warning that you shouldn't just promise
things you shouldn't just vow to do
things or speak an oath without
understanding
this is because you can enter into a
covenant with someone who you should not
be in agreement with
now if you want to be set free I want to
give you two scriptures to remember
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in Psalm 118 Verse 5 the Bible says in
my distress I prayed to the Lord and the
Lord answered me and set me free
and the Galatians 5 verse 1 says for
Freedom Christ has set us free
stand firm therefore and do not submit
again to a yoke of slavery
Jesus Christ can break every chain he
can break every evil Covenant
when the Lord gives us freedom he not
only sets us free from something
but to something greater
Jesus sets us free not so that we can go
on sinning
but so that we can go on to become
faithful and obedient servants in his
kingdom
because of him we are free to Proclaim
his redeeming work in our lives we are
free to care for the physical and
spiritual needs of others
we are free to use our gifts and
abilities to serve the body of Christ
we are free to accomplish amazing things
in his name
but before that can happen we have to
lay all our problems at his feet
cry out to him today and he will make
your burdens light
when we walk by faith we are walking in
the confidence of God's word but the
devil wants you to believe only what you
can see through your physical eyes when
in fact the Unseen spiritual realm is
more real than what you can see
so let me encourage you today
pray
that you may be given sight spiritual
sight spiritual discernment in order to
navigate this life
Faith must be part of our everyday
lifestyle
when we walk by faith we are expressing
to God that we have confidence in him
and his word
walking by faith should be part of our
daily routine
the more faith you have the larger God
will grow in your sight in Your Vision
in your life
to walk by faith requires that we become
familiar with the promises that God has
given to us
the Bible is filled with promises for
believers nothing is more encouraging or
nurturing to our faith than reading the
promises of God
faith comes by hearing and hearing by
the word of God
and so spiritual sight spiritual wisdom
comes by hearing and hearing the word of
God
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