The Way Of Escape (Navigating Trials Temptations And Challenging Situations) by Apostle Selman
Lift your hands to Jesus and surrender all to Him: your life, your pain, your days, your achievements, your moments, your future; declare that everything belongs to Jesus Christ!
With your hands lifted, ask God for a visitation tonight and declare that The Lord be Lord over your future, and over everything about your life.
Pray: Father, let tonight be my night. Give me discernment, sensitivity and give me the fortitude to receive tonight. May I not be dull of understanding and perception, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Tonight, The Lord will lift you up. He will turn your sorrow to joy. The profit of your knowing God will show, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Spiritual journey starts with a desire, and beyond that, you must allow it to become a complete process, until you eventually become that Believer who is full of power.
Staying with God affords you the opportunity to define and redefine your opportunities and when we submit ourselves to Him weekly, there is a guarantee that we are being built, though slowly, but surely.
The more you submit to the teachings of the house, you will look at your life one day, and all you will see is the glory of God.
Behind the teaching ministry is a necessity to partner with The Holy Spirit to teach us:
1. Doctrine
2. The mysteries of the kingdom, to translate them into light and principles.
The value of light is in its ability to drive away darkness, and its ability to light your path, for your making progress.
Koinonia’s teaching ministry translates to the Believer becoming enlightened, faith-filled and victorious.
The Believer’s Responsibility for Transformation in Koinonia
1. You must believe in Jesus
2. You must believe the grace that you’re under and its ability to transform you.
3. You must make up your mind to be attentive to the teachings.
Results matter; they demonstrate the end point of obedience and our willingness to engage The Word of God.
The quality of your life is dependent on the truth you know, the truth you understand and the truth you engage by faith.
The point of acquiring the truth is not when the integrity of God’s Word is committed. What commits and guarantees God’s hand is the truth you know, understand and engage with faith.
Let no one deceive you into believing results don’t matter. Results are a consolation that God can be trusted and a proof to everyone around you, that God is true.
I pray for you, every barrenness in your life, where you speak and there is nothing to show for it, may that experience come to an end now!
When you decree that God is The Lifter, may your life prove it, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Stretch your hand and pray for the Sound of Revival Conferences happening in the United States of America and in Canada, that the hand of God will be mighty in the land.
Pray for everyone that will Minister, and every life that will be there, that it will be a season of results for them all, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I decree and I declare that when you declare that God anoints, may your life show proofs of the anointing.
When you declare that God advances, may your life show proofs of advancement, in the name of Jesus Christ!
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” – James 1:2-4 (KJV)
We have been called to a life of victory in Christ Jesus. Our whole journey as Believers is to birth victory and the glory of God.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (KJV)
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV)
The Bible teaches that we have been called to a life of victory and glory, in Christ Jesus. Don’t allow your feelings deceive you into challenging the integrity of God’s Word.
You must believe that you have been called to a life of victory. Failure and defeat can occur when this realisation is absent, in the presence of challenging situations.
God is not glorified when the saints are defeated: it doesn’t speak well of His fatherhood. It is in God’s interest that His people live a victorious life, because by so doing, it validates God’s purpose for every Believer: God desires to get glory by glorifying His sons.
You measure the efficiency of a leader by the quality of the lives of the people they lead.
Thus, when many Believers are defeated, it becomes unscriptural to believe that God is glorified through the mass-defeat of Believers.
When Believers don’t walk in dominion, it gives the world the right to question the Fatherhood of God.
Results are so compelling and when Believers are victorious, they can more easily and effectively point people to the cross. Nobody denies what is clearly seen to work.
God invests His glory in His people, and His glory comprises of everything that makes Him God — His wisdom, His favour, His mercy, His grace etc.
Prayer: I pray for you, from today when people look at you, they won’t see a defeated Believer, rather they will see a blessing, one who is a portrait and representation of God’s glory, on display.
Remember that certain challenges are proof that you’re moving, because if you’re not taking any steps, you won’t encounter challenges in life.
Many times, negative challenges demonstrate that you’re in motion, and you’re not stagnant.
I pray for you: Whatever has made you stop moving, whatever that will make you mark time in life, so that you stop making progress, I curse it out of your life, in the name of Jesus Christ!
The basis for the Believer’s victory and confidence, is not our intelligence. It is the finished work of Christ Jesus.
I pray for you: every provision that Christ has made available, you will take advantage of it and manifest victory and dominion in your life, in the name of Jesus.
“The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.” – Psalms 20:1-2 (KJV)
While it is true that the Bible clearly states that we have been called to a life of victory, the Bible also does not hide the fact that there are times in the life of the Believer, when things can go wrong for various reasons: afflictions, pain and losses may arise.
I pray for you: May The Lord hear you in the day of trouble. May The God of Jacob defend you. May God strengthen you and send you help from His sanctuary.
“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” – Proverbs 24:10 (KJV)
Our world is full of people who have gone through or will yet still go through these kinds of challenges:
Marital crises, Career challenges
Sickness, Demonic operations,
Persecution, Financial challenges, Ministry challenges and false accusations in the workplace.
The Bible is full of names and stories of people who faced challenging situations: from Abraham, to Elijah, to Paul, and even Jesus Christ.
An advantage the Church presents is that it’s a school where Believers are trained on how to navigate and manage trials, temptations and negative circumstances.
If Believers are not trained on how to navigate these situations, it can swallow them up.
Believers can get discouraged in their service to God, if they’re not trained on how to manage seasons of trials, temptations and challenging situations.
The theology of victory is usually taught in such a way, that it doesn’t capture a picture that shows the possibility of trials, temptations and challenging situations. Yet, pragmatically, on your way to birthing victory, it is not unusual to face adverse situations.
For the Believer, challenges are not unusual, but they become unusual when they overcome you to the point of defeat.
Declare: I have a way of escape!
If your salvation comes from any other entity and isn’t routed in and through Jesus The Christ, you will not have lasting victory.
Life can happen to you atimes, and you can look around and not find anything worth inspiring. At such times, you won’t fail when you look to Jesus.
The way to fix your eyes and your mind on Jesus Christ is to “stay there” in prayer. It’s possible to feel the pressure of the challenges, but you must stay there with Jesus Christ.
Remember that Satan is a master at creating doubts over God’s Word, waiting until life hits the Believer, and then launching an attack.
The devil has mastered challenging situations, such that he begins to whisper negative words to you, to discourage you, but you must choose to fix your eyes on Jesus Christ, by staying with Jesus.
Never allow Satan to influence you to the point where you don’t understand God and subsequently you begin to hate God.
Fixing your eyes on Jesus means trusting His integrity and presence, even when you can’t hear His voice. Take comfort in knowing that God is near, and because He is in your boat, the storm will not overwhelm you.
“I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt his name together.
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: And their faces were not ashamed.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
O taste and see that the LORD is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: For there is no want to them that fear him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.”
Psalm 34:1-10 (KJV)
In fixing your eyes on Jesus Christ, you must trust His integrity and trust His presence, even when you don’t hear His voice.
The silence of God is also a way He speaks. If you don’t understand the silence of God, the devil will give you an interpretation that will dampen your faith.
You will not die, in the name of Jesus Christ!
The worst time to stop praying, is when you’re in an adverse situation.
Provided that you fix your eyes on Jesus, know that there will always be a way out. It is never a waste of time, when you trust The Lord.
It is your responsibility to engage in strategic warfare in the place of prayer, when faced with negative situations.
In the place of prayer, you can discover any access point or any legal ground that Satan may possess or is using to oppress you.
The sent (Rhema) word comes from the place of prayer.
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him” – Ecclesiastes 10:8 (KJV)
Satan can wait for one year for the day the hedge over the Believer’s life is broken, so that he can strike. The hedge can be broken on the grounds of anger, bitterness, offense, unforgiveness etc.
Prior to Satan’s attack on Believers, he seeks for a loophole in them, and when he finds nothing, he will create a situation to annoy and irritate them, until they break the hedge themselves through words or acts of anger, and then he strikes.
Every time you find out that petty things keep creating trouble for you and those around you, the trouble is not the focus. It is that you’re about to experience a major breakthrough, and you must be discerning.
The trouble is the devil trying to find a broken hedge, that he will strike from.
I pray for you: you will not break the hedge. Satan will wait and wait forever, and where the hedge has been broken, we come in the spirit of Nehemiah, we rebuild that wall in the name of Jesus.
Three Access Points The Devil Uses to Destroy People:
1. Disobedience
2. Ignorance
3. Covenants
Declare : I AM STRONG!
Words don’t just carry sound, they carry energy that creates an effect. They are not idle and empty. The realm of the spirit does not receive words even if they were released as comedy and jokes. The spirit realm receives and processes the words as instructions.
Death is authorised to come around a person’s vicinity, if they’re unable to meditate on The Word and speak The Word.
If you want to find a way of escape, you must become your own prophet by speaking The Word of God.
Speaking God’s Word is labour in the spirit.
One way to know that your words are already creating an effect in the realm of the spirit, is that you’ll begin to feel tired or weary.
The weariness you feel, is the devil trying to discourage you from declaring The Word of God over your life, or over challenging situations.
Be the prophet of your destiny. Open your mouth and begin to declare The Word of God over your life, and over every challenging situation that you’re currently facing.
Declare: I have favour, I shall not die but live to declare the goodness of God, I make progress, my position is protected by the jealousy of God in the name of Jesus Christ!
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” – Genesis 1:28 (KJV)
You have exclusive power to speak over things, and every creature of the earth.
Everytime you do not have the resources to move forward, start by speaking.
Instructions For Someone In Debt:
1. Listen to the message “The Principles Of Restoration by Apostle Joshua Selman
2. Write out how much you owe, place the sheet before The Lord, and begin to speak.
There’s a dimension of your escape and deliverance that depends on your connection to the larger body of believers.
There are many calamities and temptations that you may not be able to solve yourself. Remaining in isolation without a connection to a larger family of Believers, is a huge risk.
Living an isolated Christian life, whether through pride or ignorance, will not profit you in the day of adversity .
To enjoy support from the larger body of Believers, you must sow seeds of kindness and love. Don’t wait for days of calamity before you start showing love and investing in others. Scatter your seeds abroad.
Isolation without connection to a spiritual family is a very big risk. You must remember that even Jesus Christ needed someone to help Him carry the cross on His way to Golgotha.
When people lack support during adversity, it’s usually because they didn’t sow the seed of kindness, love and mercy into the lives of others, unaware that life functions on the law of seed-time and harvest.
It is fraudulent to have never been a part of someone’s life, and expect to have a stake in their life.
Even God Who loves everyone, doesn’t engage with us at the same level. His level of engagement is dependent on our commitment to Him.
Be the kind of person whose absence is deeply felt, when you’re no longer in a particular circle.
Loneliness often has an explanation. If people can’t associate you with something that brings honor or uplifts their lives, you may find yourself alone in times of trouble.
Only God totally loves unconditionally. People don’t love that way. They would rather verify investments you’ve made in their lives.
Invest in peoples lives. Disperse your seeds of kindness to many, so that in the day of calamity, you will have abundant harvest.
When benevolence towards you is shrinking, the keys to revive it are through:
1. Honour
2. Gratitude
One of the ways that restoration happens, is through the power of self examination.
Self examination reveals your past errors made out of carelessness, ignorance or violation of God’s principles.
When you examine yourself, admit your wrong, and learn from your mistakes. You accelerate your deliverance out of that problem faster.
No matter what happens, do not allow the devil kill your joy. Always keep your joy.
In protecting your joy, do not allow your joy consciousness stop you from examining yourself.
No matter what happens, do not allow the devil kill your joy. Always keep your joy.
In protecting your joy, do not allow your joy consciousness stop you from examining yourself.
I pray for you: Any challenge that you’re in that was caused by your mistake, ignorance or foolish decisions, as you maintain your joy, may God bring you out of that situation, in the name of Jesus Christ!
The prophetic can help you know the will of God regarding the situation you’re in, and also help to provide a way of escape for you.
Three ways to know the will of God:
1. The written Word
2. The ministry of The Holy Spirit.
3. The prophetic
Under the influence of faith, the prophetic and the anointing can create a way of escape, through words.
In a bid to balance the excessiveness of the prophetic, we must be careful to not discourage the ministry of the prophetic. If the prophetic goes down, it will bring a territory down.
Learn to separate the prophetic office from the person administering it. There is a major role that the prophetic plays in God’s program, and the emergence of the saints, that no other ministry can play. The prophetic must not be ignored and torn down, because it remains a potent contributor to God’s program .
The prophetic is powerful and beneficial, if understood and engaged with the purity of heart.
It can help you understand the will of God regarding a situation, and also discern the cause of a challenging situation.
I DECLARE TO YOU:
From August to December, every calamity will not go beyond this year, every long standing issue, I declare to you that it will not go beyond this year, 2025. There must be a way out of it, and a way of escape, in the name of Jesus Christ!
The financial situation you’re experiencing will not crossover into 2025; my God will come through for you financially, in the name of Jesus Christ!
God will come through for you maritally, He will come through for you in terms of your children, He will come through for you in your career, in the name of Jesus Christ!
In the name of Jesus Christ, shame and reproach comes to an end in your life now! Disappointments and tragedies come to an end now!
The haziness and confusion in the spirit that you’re experiencing, which is not allowing you see well, hear well or discern well, in the name of Jesus Christ, let there be clarity of vision.
I prophesy to your hands, nothing held in your hands will fall down! If it’s the works of your hands, let them prosper.
I prophesy over your mind, I decree and declare, extraordinary intelligence, in the name of Jesus Christ!
For your shame, receive double honour. I call forth helpers to your life, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Where your hands cannot reach a thing, may the hand of God receive it and put it in your hands, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Your eyes will no longer see evil and wickedness, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I purify your dreams. You will lay down to sleep and you will wake up with a 10-year download of your destiny, in the name of Jesus Christ!When men say there is a casting down, I prophesy upon you, let there be a lifting up and restoration for you, in the name of Jesus Christ!
Everything you’ve lost from last year into this new year, I command restoration, in the name of Jesus Christ!
I pray for you, you will not go down financially. May Jehovah Jireh show up for you, in the name of Jesus Christ!
We are in the days of His power, and this calls for personal revival and spiritual awakening.
Are you yet to heed the call of Jesus? Tonight, He is reaching out to you once again, ready to show you a path that leads to life and eternal glory.
Take this bold step of faith, and begin the journey of salvation by saying “yes” to Jesus Christ. With faith in your heart, declare this prayer of salvation to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.
If you’ve made the decision to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior tonight, we celebrate you, and Heaven rejoices with you! We would love to read from you and walk alongside you on your new Christian journey.
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