DO YOUR PROBLEMS TAKE YOU TO JESUS CHRIST OR ELSEWHERE?

Dear friend, most times, people have what they consider the worst of problems and think it is over for them.

In majority of cases, they put their trust in a human being to solve their problems and are usually disappointed.

In many cases also, some close friend(s) will advise the person (including some Christians) with the problem to consult a juju man or voodoo priests or witchdoctor. The person with problems usually ends up spending money and being the worst for it without any solution.

What most people are not aware of or fail to understand is that voodoo priests are agents of  darkness or satan. The original cause of the problem is from satan so how can satan help when he caused the problem himself (Mark 3:23b-26)?

I have heard a true story told by a priest of the Roman Catholic church how his mum had cancer of the stomach and had to undergo surgery that left her with a permanent wound on her navel.

A lot of prayers were offered for the elderly woman and when it appeared she was not getting better, some close friend came to advise her husband (catholic priest's father) that he knows some voodoo priest where he can take the lady to and she would be healed.

The husband declined and said God would heal his wife. The friend who offered to help then said if the woman died, people would blame her husband, to which the sick woman responded and said she would not die and God would heal her.

Of course, God did heal her of the cancer without any other intervention except hospital care and God also healed the festering sore on her navel.

Dear friend, do you have what appears to be an intractable problem or do you know anyone with such problem? God's Word tells us in Philippians 4:6-7 "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

Notice the bible says we should be anxious for nothing. An anxious mind is a mind without faith. I am not aware of any problem God Almighty and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is unable to handle.

All human problems have their origin with satan the father of lies and deceit. All PERMANENT solutions to problems are found in Christ Jesus ONLY and no where else.

One thing I want you to note, dear friend, is that God is greater than anyone or anything and as the Creator and Owner of the Universe, there is absolutely nothing beyond God's control or influence.

What usually happens is that satan is ALWAYS working either by himself or through his agents to destroy Christians and non-Christians alike through spiritual attacks.

A Christian engages in activities that hinder satan and his agent's ability to cause problems, especially with prayers to God in the name of Jesus Christ made between 12a.m and 3a.m. daily when satanic or demonic or witchcraft activities are at its highest against God's children.

It is these satanic activities that are done spiritually through casting of spells and arrows when people are sleeping that now affects them physically by way of persistent sickness, financial stagnation in business and paid employment, quarrels in marriages, stubbornness in children, quarrels in families, armed robbery and terrorist activities, scars on the body from beatings and fights during dreams, prostitution, hard drugs addiction, madness, emotional and psychological breakdowns, demonic attacks and possession of peoples' bodies, infertility, lack of a life partner, etc.

When a person has sin in his or her life, these attacks are more manifest as God's protection is minimal for such person.

However, see what the Bible says in Psalm 91:9-10 "Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways."

This promise in God's Word is for anyone who has God as his or her protector. However, God can only be your protector if you have repented of sin and evil, confessed your sins to God, accepted Jesus Christ as Lord, and faithfully obeyed God's Word in the Holy Bible.

I am yet to hear of anyone who made a sincere call or cry to our Lord Jesus Christ in a time of crises with a promise to serve Jesus and the prayer was not answered. Jesus wants everyone to know Him because He created us and loves us sincerely and wants us to be saved.

As God's Word says in Romans 10:11-13 "For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him (Jesus Christ) will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Dear friend, I beg today, please don't allow your problems take you away from Jesus Christ for He ALONE is the solution to all problems because there is NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM (Luke 1:37).

Therefore, take all your problems and tell your friends to take all their problems NOW to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. - Ephesians 3:20-21.

May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus' Most Precious Name, Amen.

Gabriel Ama.