Prayers will make you to hear from the third heaven and operate in the frequency of the Holy Spirit. BE SOBER AND VIGILANTSanctified42. With your mouth you can bless your marriage, spouse/children. Always translate by διάβολος). The Gospel in Words: The gospel in words: 'Sober. Again, we all have our anxieties, worries and depression. It is the mind that says there is a lifting up whenever it is cast down. He is the same Spirit who raised Christ from the grave. For instance, many people have money problems because they have spent too much money or used their credit cards way beyond the limit of what they could afford. By Pastor E. A. Kaulumah.
This snare, dearly beloved, as my Bible reads is not going to come on just a few of us. The Bible says that my people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge, (Hosea 4:6). You may think that the advice you received is a great idea. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Thus, we must always meditate on the word of God day and night because indeed this is our weapon against the enemy. Be Alert and Be in Sober Mind - 1 Peter 5:8. MY PRAYER FOR TODAY. "Beware, " he is telling you; do not let the cares of this life lead you astray so that you do not see what is coming. As a roaring lion - Compare Revelation 12:12.
My fears perpetuated the "what if's" of my situation, which drove me into a cycle of unhealthy patterns of thinking, of which I was only able to break free from through prayer and fasting. Your kids are a mess because you failed as a parent! Now, for our verse today we will then be reminded that as we suffer for Christ, we will undergo persecutions, tribulations and depression, so the verse is reminding us that our fight is not against flesh and blood.
Britnee Bradshaw is a free-spirited, Old Navy-wearin', coffee-shop lovin', wife and momma. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak". He roars in the craving of his heart for prey, like a hungry lion, seeking whom he may devour, or (for the reading here is somewhat uncertain) to devour some one, or simply to devour. Even when people try to tell you the truth, it's hard to hear what they're saying because those lies are roaring so loudly in your mind and ears! There are things the devil will never tell you. Be sober be vigilant bible verse meaning. While we do this, we show that we still crave and desire the taste of the pig! We are to be so alert that we avoid the danger of being prey to the devil. Paranoia and anxiety do not lead to us having a sound-mind or walking in self-control.
Watch out for your food! Be vigilant (γρηγορήσατε). Sometimes, we aren't as cognizant as we should be that we carry the Holy Spirit with us. We do this by quoting scripture as Jesus did and the Devil will have to go. I am not saying that when you pray you do not need Jesus again no. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. " These examples really show that Satan is indeed patiently waiting and that he will really try to take us away and devour us. There might be powers that are tempting you to neglect the gift that is in you. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. Be sober and vigilant because your adversary. Watch what people are speaking into your life: You must watch what people speak into your life, business; marriage, health etc., even if the person is your friend, reject every negative word in the name of Jesus. Zipho's comment on 2013-05-16 02:40:44: God want us to believe in him and his son only and be clean in the spirits and in flash.
The devil avoids Christians who are serious and alert because he is cast out and defeated. Schott would retain the original application, after Zechariah 3:1 ff., Revelation 12:10, in that "the devil will, as it were, compel God to declare in condemnatory judgment that the Christians have forfeited salvation;" but there is no allusion to the divine judgment here, the καταπίνειν is rather indicated as the aim of the devil. Prayer: Father, I am grateful for your word of admonition. "But those who are slaves to appetite will fail in perfecting Christian character. The Jews F3 have adopted this word into their language, and explain it by (Nyd leb), "a law adversary", or one that has a suit of law depending against another. 1 Peter 5:8 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary. She did as she was told and the man of God instructed her again to go sell the oil and pay her debts.
They are too old to attend school; unfortunately, these people accept the devil's deception and drop the good idea of going back to school. Gillian Larmond's comment on 2015-05-26 18:05:21: Points taken and agreed with. Apathy and complacency are enemies of the kingdom and detrimental to our spiritual wellbeing. Our enemy knows us too well and he knows our characteristics. The Greek word for "devil' (διάβολος), uniformly used in the LXX. The mind, too, is injured. He comes as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour and if we are not wise not in our wisdom yet the wisdom of God, he will trap us in his. The enemy will not change my destiny; the enemy will not cage my star. Surfeiting and drunkenness! The words express the restless energy of the wicked one.
Devil: a spiritual enemy with an agenda to bring harm to Christians? That includes chocolate, coke, and sugar. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves". This should have a big impact on our lives each and every day. As if he had said, Awake, and keep awake; sleep no more; be this your care, white you cast your temporal and anxious cares on God.
—ζητῶν, seeking) with treachery. Prayers will make you to buy something which others are abandoning. In fact, it actually kept me from being sober minded! When we are steady, we can hear the voice of the LORD most clearly in our circumstances. "Their effects are similar to those of tobacco; but they affect in an lesser degree. "
You need to be vigilant or else the enemy will destroy your business. For more from this ministry please visit. So God, in His great love for us, has provided a health package to better equip us for the race of life. You've destroyed all your friendships because you weren't a faithful friend! We should not be "asleep", meaning that we should not be spiritually dull, complacent, apathetic or spiritually indifferent. I have surely prayed from relief for suffering, and that's not a wrong thing to do. We have with us, of every moment of every day, the Holy Spirit. Circuit quaerens, non quem mordeat vel frangat, sed quem devoret.
However, this should be noted that the secret of the Lord is only with those that fear Him. Resist him and he will flee! We need to be sanctified in the mind, and Satan knows the close sympathy between the body and the mind. God wants us to avoid danger because He loves us so deeply. Quite the opposite, actually! In Judges 14:5; Psalm 21:13; Psalm 103:21 (Sept. ), the same word as here is used for the roaring of the lion as a translation of the Hebrew word for the thunder in Job 37:4. This is a person who has seen the beauty of my life, seen me having hope in places where other people don't have any hope, seen my tenderness, my love, my joy, my sympathy, and they want to know, "Why? "
It is part of our nature. He chosen you so that you can watch with Him over your family members, watch with Him over your office, marriage, environment, etc. If the devil was able to deceive Eve who had a very close relationship with God (God Visited Adam and Eve every evening in the garden of Eden to have fellowship with them Genesis 3:8-13) then we (Christians) have to be very careful. It denotes especially the howl of a beast in fierce hunger. However, this is not bad too because we are all humans and we really have these tendencies.
The devil says, "Yeah, but pork chops are good. The secret to becoming spiritually vigilant without walking in unnecessary fear is in our knowing that peace is given to us when we join the family of believers in Christ. God provides, therefore do not be anxious. It turns out that is an important definition of sober, but the word has a much deeper meaning as it is used in the scriptures.
Grace Simmonds's comment on 2021-04-27 22:17:10: Peter is telling us to know the tactics of the enemy, line our selves with the armor of God, and stand. Jesus says in Mathew 10:16 "Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Our adversary operates out of fear. In reference to the matter here referred to, it means that we are to be on our guard against the wiles and the power of the evil one. Do you want life eternal?