54. Perseverance
Cory Aquino persevered to bring a peaceful revolution to the Philippines
In Your Bible Read This
Daniel 10
Here Is Your Memory Verse
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you. James 4.7
Afterwards Talk About
This
In Acts 16. 6-10 the Holy Spirit stopped Paul, in 1 Thess 2.18
Satan stopped him, and 1 Cor. 16.12 Apollos himself was unwilling.
How can you tell who is stopping you?
Something To Do Before
Next Time
Find 2 new believers each from any church. Visit and
encourage them.
They may be facing all kinds of opposition.
Written Diploma Work
Satan stopped an experienced soldier like Paul.
Write one page on how you think he did that.
Meditate Word By Word On
This Verse
1 Peter 5, 6-11
Have you ever noticed what happens when anyone decides to follow Jesus? Family members suddenly become experts in religion and the arguments fly. Mention either water baptism or being filled with the Spirit and speaking in tongues and watch the smiles vanish.
1. Someone Is Upset!
Ephesians 6.12 says that our warfare is not against flesh and blood, so it is Satan, and his evil network that opposes our:
When Satan fails his next plan is to try and keep new believers in such blindness that they only go to church on Sunday and give a few pesos each week.
2. Onwards, For Jesus.
Now if you dare to pray about 'missions,' really watch out for explosions of inner fears, family tears and even misunder-standing at Church, because mission is the vehicle by which the born-again, victorious, spirit filled and led follower of Jesus can make his greatest impact upon the world around him for Christ.
The Bible says that without a vision the people perish, Proverbs 29.18, and that is exactly what Satan wants. First he wants you to perish from boredom and then he wants a world of people to perish eternally with him. Your life in the hands of the Holy Spirit may mean eternal life for many men and women.
3. Who Is Stopping You?
Is It Holy Spirit ?
Surprisingly it is God, the Holy Spirit who will stop you first, as a friend. If you are willing to serve you become such a precious person that Holy Spirit may stop you if your direction, methods or timing is wrong. He does not want you to make a mistake and go wrong. See Acts 16, 6-10; Isaiah 30.21Is it Evil Spirit ?
The very last thing that the spirits of anti-Christ want is the gospel preached in all nations and the King to return. From inside their fortress of worldwide faiths like Islam, they mock us, saying, "You will never get in here. Look how big we are, how many of us oppose you, how small and divided you are!" But in 1 Chronicles 11,4-5 with God’s help resistant Jerusalem fell, and recently so did the Berlin Wall and the giant of communism. We may think we are as small and weak as snowflakes, but when snowflakes get together they stop a city!
What happened to those demon princes of Greece and Persia, or to the gods in Elijah’s day, and their Roman and Greek counterparts in Paul’s day, Zeus or Hermes for example? Did they become extinct? These are eternal beings unfettered by time and mortality with an everlasting strategy of wickedness to hold every age in darkness. So, if the prince of Mexico knows you are coming he may well order strikes against you now to discourage you before you leave home and come his way. So don't be surprised by sudden friction with family and fellow believers probably when you least expect it.
Is it Your Own Human Spirit ?
Most unreached peoples are very different to us and not many believers are prepared to go and live with them and show them Jesus. We can see the reasons in Genesis 12.1-3, where Abram is called by God. Satan of course is also a master of exaggeration and fear.
4. Overcoming The Darkness
Oman |
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| People Name | Language | Population |
| Mahra | Mahri | 109,000 |
| Persian (Irani) | Farsi, Western | 38,000 |
| Shihuh | Arabic, Shihhi Spoken | 10,000 |