Breath of Power - Week 04/03

2003
2004
2005
2006

January '03
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

February '03
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

March '03
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13

April '03
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

May '03
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22

June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35

September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

October '03
Week 40
Week 41
Week 42
Week 43
Week 44

November '03
Week 45
Week 46
Week 47
Week 48

December '03
Week 49
Week 50
Week 51
Week 52

Breath of Power

A Weekly Devotional of Jesus Power Outreach Ministries

Week 4: January 20 - 26, 2003

THE THREE BACK STEPS IN THE GREAT FALL

Key Passage: Genesis 3:6

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave her husband with her, and he also ate.”

Satan’s greatest weapon of war against mankind is deception. That is why he does not usually appear to man as an ugly looking black monster, with horns and tail, but as an ‘angel of light’ (2 Corinth 11:14-15). He tries to create an impression in our minds that he is harmless and has a better option than what we presently have.

Eve was naïve and unsuspecting. She met a sweet-tongued serpent that appeared to appreciate their living condition in the garden. It asked seemingly harmless questions, “Has God said…?’; and made seemingly safe suggestions, “You shall not surely die….” These were Satan’s instruments of defiling the heart and mind of Eve. She knew what God did not want them to do, but was deceived into doubting that God was fair in forbidding them to do what seemed appealing and interesting. Her imagination being defiled by those questions and suggestions, she took the three back steps in the great fall in Eden.

First, she yielded to the dictates of her defiled imagination. Second, she willfully disobeyed her Creator. And third, she led her loved one to join in enjoying the pleasures of sin.

Sin, whenever it is fulfilled, seeks for a companion. It does not want to fall alone. It drags down the person it loves most. That is the social dimension to sin. Satan knows that character of sin and that is why he uses it. He knew he could not have gotten Adam directly (1 Tim 2:14). He rather went for Eve knowing fully well she would drag Adam down with her.

You must not be ignorant of the devices of the devil (2 Corinth 2:11). You must guard your heart and mind from Satan’s defiling questions and suggestions (Pro 4:23). You must not partake with others in their sin (1 Tim 5:22; Pro 1:10). Know that there is a devil out there waiting to celebrate your fall. Determine not to let him party over you. Resist him vehemently and he will flee (Jas 4:7; 1 Pet 5:8-9). Determine to be faithful and true to your God and He will preserve and establish you.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



Home Table of Contents 2003 2004 2005 2006 January '03 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 February '03 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 March '03 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 April '03 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17 May '03 Week 18 Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Week 22 June '03 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 July '03 Week 27 Week 28 Week 29 Week 30 Week 31 August '03 Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 Week 35 September '03 Week 36 Week 37 Week 38 Week 39 October '03 Week 40 Week 41 Week 42 Week 43 Week 44 November '03 Week 45 Week 46 Week 47 Week 48 December '03 Week 49 Week 50 Week 51 Week 52	Breath of Power A Weekly Devotional of Jesus Power Outreach Ministries
	Week 4: January 20 - 26, 2003 THE THREE BACK STEPS IN THE GREAT FALL Key Passage: Genesis 3:6 “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave her husband with her, and he also ate.” Satan’s greatest weapon of war against mankind is deception. That is why he does not usually appear to man as an ugly looking black monster, with horns and tail, but as an ‘angel of light’ (2 Corinth 11:14-15). He tries to create an impression in our minds that he is harmless and has a better option than what we presently have. Eve was naïve and unsuspecting. She met a sweet-tongued serpent that appeared to appreciate their living condition in the garden. It asked seemingly harmless questions, “Has God said…?’; and made seemingly safe suggestions, “You shall not surely die….” These were Satan’s instruments of defiling the heart and mind of Eve. She knew what God did not want them to do, but was deceived into doubting that God was fair in forbidding them to do what seemed appealing and interesting. Her imagination being defiled by those questions and suggestions, she took the three back steps in the great fall in Eden. First, she yielded to the dictates of her defiled imagination. Second, she willfully disobeyed her Creator. And third, she led her loved one to join in enjoying the pleasures of sin. Sin, whenever it is fulfilled, seeks for a companion. It does not want to fall alone. It drags down the person it loves most. That is the social dimension to sin. Satan knows that character of sin and that is why he uses it. He knew he could not have gotten Adam directly (1 Tim 2:14). He rather went for Eve knowing fully well she would drag Adam down with her. You must not be ignorant of the devices of the devil (2 Corinth 2:11). You must guard your heart and mind from Satan’s defiling questions and suggestions (Pro 4:23). You must not partake with others in their sin (1 Tim 5:22; Pro 1:10). Know that there is a devil out there waiting to celebrate your fall. Determine not to let him party over you. Resist him vehemently and he will flee (Jas 4:7; 1 Pet 5:8-9). Determine to be faithful and true to your God and He will preserve and establish you. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

Home \| About the Ministry \| Breath of Power \| Ministries \| Fully Armored Intercessor Evangelist's Itinerary \| Links \| Contact Us \| Relationship with God \| Bible Search Copyright © Jesus Power Outreach Ministries Inc., Lagos Nigeria