VICTORY OVER SIN IS NOT GOD’S ULTIMATE GOAL

DAY 7: VICTORY OVER SIN IS NOT GOD’S ULTIMATE GOAL!

JUICY JULY 2026: ZOE UNLEASHED!

TEXT: JOHN 10:7–18

BIBLE STUDY: MATTHEW 6

 

Welcome to Juicy July 2026, Day 7!

What a glorious privilege it is to gather once again at the feet of our Father!

 

Yesterday, we looked at one of the greatest miracles that has ever taken place in human history: the new birth!

 

We saw that the day we gave our lives to Christ was not merely the day our sins were forgiven. A series of miracles took place. Our dead spirits were made alive. We were translated into another kingdom. The incorruptible Seed of God was planted within us. We became new creations and children of God. What an amazing work of grace!

 

But, my dear sisters, that was only the beginning.

 

The new birth was never God’s final destination. It was Heaven’s doorway into something much greater.

 

Today, we are going to discover what that “something” is.

 

I pray that, as we journey together today, the Lord will remove every veil from our understanding and reveal His heart to us. May we no longer be content with merely escaping sin, but may we hunger for the very Life that Christ came to give in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

START FROM DAY 1 HERE IN CASE YOU ARE NEW. DON’T JUMP THE STUDY THANK YOU.

 

DO NOT LEAVE ME OUTSIDE, LORD by Dynamite Films Africa

AUDIO: 

LYRICS

(Verse)
Father, here I am…
With my Bible open…
With my heart open…
Teach me…
Teach me…
Teach me…
Teach me…

—

(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
Bring me in…
Into understanding…
Into Your heart…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…

….
(Verse 2)
Speak to me plainly…
Break Your Word open…
Come to my level…
And lift me into Yours…

Don’t speak above me…
Teach me…

Until I understand…
Teach me…

Until I know…
Teach me…

—
(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
Bring me in…
Into understanding…
Into Your heart…
Don’t leave me outside…
Bring me in…
—

(Prayer Cry)
Open my eyes…
Oh dear Lord

Anoint my eyes
with eye salve…
Let me see…

Open my ears…
Remove every wax…

Open my ears…
Remove every wax…

—
(Prayer Cry)
Don’t leave me in parables…
Speak to me plainly…

Don’t leave me in parables…
Speak to me plainly…

Your Word is Life…
Oh, Your Word is Life…

I cannot walk away from Life…
Help me enter in
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(Bridge)
Give me ears that hear…
Give me eyes that see…

Give me ears that hear…
Give me eyes that see…

Give me a humble heart…
Oh Lord, I pray

…….
Take me deeper…
Take me further…

Reveal Your Heart…
Reveal Your Life…

Reveal Your Ways…
Reveal Your Face…

—
(Final Cry)
I will not stay outside…
I will come in…

I will know You…
I will understand…

I will behold You…
Until Your Life…
Breaks forth in me

Until Your Life…
becomes the life I live

(Chorus)
Don’t leave me outside
Don’t leave me outside
Bring me in
Bring me in
Into understanding
Into Your heart
Don’t leave me outside
Bring me in

 

OPENING PRAYER

Father, thank You for bringing me into another day of this glorious journey. Open the eyes of my understanding today. Remove every veil from my heart, and let me see Your truth as You desire me to see it. Let Your Word become life to me, not just knowledge. Teach me by Your Holy Spirit, and let the life of Christ become more real to me than ever before. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

EXHORTATION: VICTORY OVER SIN IS NOT GOD’S ULTIMATE GOAL!

John 10:10

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” 

 

Now, my dear sisters, I know that when you first saw today’s title, some of you probably paused.

 

“Victory over sin is not the ultimate goal of God?”

 

“What is this woman talking about?”

 

“Isn’t that what we’ve always been taught?”

 

After all, from the day we gave our lives to Christ, we have been told that we must overcome anger, overcome lust, overcome pride, overcome sin because no sin can enter the Kingdom of God.

 

And that is absolutely true.

 

So why am I saying that victory over sin is not God’s ultimate goal?

 

I understand your question.

 

In fact, I would have asked the same question years ago.

 

But one thing I have learned in my walk with God is this:

We must always be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn!

 

We must never become so attached to what we have always heard that we stop searching the Scriptures for ourselves!

 

The Bereans were called noble because they searched the Scriptures daily to see whether the things they were being taught were true (Acts 17:11). That must be our attitude too.

 

Especially in these last days, when so many voices are speaking and so many things are being shaken, we must be women whose roots go deep into the Word of God. We must remain close to the Holy Spirit, allowing Him to continually teach us, correct us and open our understanding.

 

So today, I simply ask that you keep an open heart.

 

Don’t reject what you are about to hear because it sounds different.

 

Let’s allow the Scriptures to speak.

 

Now, let me ask you a question.

 

What really happened in the Garden of Eden?

 

Most of us would answer immediately,

 

“Man sinned.”

 

And that is correct.

 

Adam disobeyed God.

 

Sin entered the human race.

 

Death followed.

 

Because of that, many believers conclude that God’s greatest problem was sin, and therefore Jesus came simply to deal with sin.

 

They quote verses like:

“…thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

 

Amen!

 

That Scripture is absolutely true.

 

Jesus came to save us from our sins.

 

But here is the question we must ask:

 

Why?

 

Why was it so important that man be saved from sin?

 

Was freedom from sin the final destination?

 

Or was it the doorway to something much greater?

 

You see, many people understand salvation only as forgiveness.

 

“My sins have been forgiven.”

 

“I have been washed.”

 

“I am no longer condemned.”

 

Praise God for that!

 

But salvation is far bigger than many of us have imagined.

 

Being Forgiven of Sin Vs. Being Saved From Sin

There is a difference between being forgiven of sin and being saved from sin but many Christians use those two expressions as though they mean exactly the same thing. They don’t.

 

Forgiveness removes your guilt. Salvation delivers you from sin’s dominion.

 

Forgiveness says: “Your past has been pardoned.”

 

Salvation says: “You don’t have to remain in that pit anymore.”

 

Let’s assume that someone falls into a deep pit after several warnings and you go there and stand at the edge of the pit. The person looks up at you and says ‘I am so sorry for disobeying you. Forgive me, please’.

 

And you stand at the top shouting: “I forgive you for falling!”

 

That is wonderful.

 

But the person is still inside the pit!!!!

 

True salvation is not merely forgiving the person.

 

It is pulling the person out of the pit.

 

That is exactly what Jesus came to do.

 

He did not merely come to forgive sinners. He came to save sinners from their sins. He came to break sin’s dominion. He came to destroy its power. He came to make it possible for us to live victoriously through His grace.

 

That is why the New Covenant is so much greater than the Old!

 

Under the Old Covenant, forgiveness was already available. Read from Genesis to Malachi. Whenever the people repented and offered the sacrifices God prescribed, they received forgiveness.

 

David experienced forgiveness. Israel experienced forgiveness. The blood of bulls and goats provided ceremonial cleansing. But there was one thing that Old Covenant believers did not have:

 

Deliverance from the power of sin! 

 

They could be forgiven today and fall again tomorrow. Forgiven again. Fall again. Offer another sacrifice. Repeat the cycle. There was no inward power to break the dominion of sin.

 

But then Jesus came! Halleluyah!

 

He did not simply bring another sacrifice. He brought grace!

 

Through His death and resurrection, He made available a different economy. Such that gives us power to overcome what once mastered us!

 

This is why the angel declared,

“Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

 

He did not merely come to forgive us. He came to save us from our sins.

 

That means sin no longer has to reign over us. It no longer has to rule us. It no longer has to define us.

 

This is the glorious victory that every believer should expect under the New Covenant.

 

Unfortunately, many Christians still live as though they are under the Old Covenant. They fall into sin. They ask for forgiveness. They fall again. They ask for forgiveness again. They continue in that cycle year after year and call it normal Christianity.

 

No, my dear sisters. That is not why Jesus shed His blood.

 

He did not die merely to keep washing us every time we fall! He died to set us free. He died so that sin would no longer have dominion over us.

 

Now please listen carefully, sis, because this is where today’s message begins.

 

You see, even as high as this victory over sin seems, it is not the ultimate goal of God!

 

Yes, it is essential. Yes, every believer should pursue it. Yes, we should quickly put sin under our feet through the grace of God.

 

But that is not the finish line! It is the doorway. It is the beginning.

 

God saves us from sin because He is taking us into something infinitely greater. That is what we are going to discover today.

 

For sin was only the obstruction. It was only the distraction! It was standing in the way of something. It was blocking access to something infinitely greater.

 

That “something” is what we are going to discover today.

 

When we see it, we will understand that victory over sin, glorious as it is, was never meant to be the finish line. It was always meant to be the pathway into God’s Ultimate Goal!

 

Sin Was Merely An Interruption!

Come back with me to the Garden of Eden.

 

In the middle of the Garden stood two extraordinary trees.

 

One was the Tree of Life.

 

The other was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

 

But if we call them by their outcome, they were really the Tree of Life and the Tree of Death.

 

Years later, Moses would tell Israel,

“I have set before you life and death… therefore choose life…” (Deuteronomy 30:19)

 

Do you see that?

 

The message never changed.

 

God has always placed one thing before man:

 

Life.

 

Adam’s choice was actually very simple.

 

Choose Life.

 

Or choose death.

 

Sadly, man chose death.

 

Now pause for a moment.

 

Something very interesting happened immediately afterwards.

 

Go back and read Genesis carefully.

 

What was Heaven’s first concern?

 

Was it, “Adam has sinned!”

 

“Punish him!”

 

“He broke My commandment!”

 

No!

 

Instead, the Father immediately said,

“…lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever…” (Genesis 3:22)

 

Then the command came.

 

“Close the way!”

 

Cherubim were stationed there. The flaming sword was placed there. The entrance to the Tree of Life was shut.

 

Why?

 

Because fallen man could not be allowed to eat of Life in his fallen condition. He would become forever fixed in that state.

 

The way had to be closed!

 

Now, this should make us stop and think.

 

It tells us what was on the Father’s heart.

 

Heaven’s greatest concern was not simply that man had committed a sinful act. Heaven’s concern was that man had lost access to Life.

 

The whole project had suddenly been interrupted!

 

Imagine a builder constructing a magnificent house. Everything is ready. Only one final stage remains. Then suddenly disaster strikes. Construction stops. Not because the builder has abandoned the project…but because something has happened that must first be dealt with!

 

That is exactly what sin did.

 

Sin did not become God’s final focus.

 

Sin became the interruption.

 

The obstruction.

 

The thing standing in the way of God’s original purpose.

 

So from Genesis onward, the entire story of redemption unfolds.

 

The Father begins working, generation after generation, to remove that interruption.

 

The sacrifices. The priesthood. The tabernacle. The prophets.

 

Through every sacrifice, God kept teaching mankind a lesson. That the blood of bulls and goats could cover sin. It could provide forgiveness. But it could never solve the problem! It could never remove sin! It could never reopen the way to Life.

 

Then, in the fullness of time, God Himself stepped into history.

 

Jesus Christ came.

 

He did not merely come to forgive sins. He came to eradicate the obstacle! He came to break sin’s dominion. He came to destroy death. He came to do what no sacrifice had ever been able to do.

 

Why?

 

So that the Father’s original purpose could continue!!!

 

So that the way to Life could finally be opened again!!!

 

Do you see it now?

 

The Cross was not God’s final destination! It was the glorious moment when the interruption was removed.

 

Now the Father could continue what had been on His heart from the very beginning:

To give His own Life to man.

 

Suppose a father wants to give his child an inheritance, but there is a locked gate between the father and the child.

 

What is the father’s goal?

 

Is his goal merely to remove the gate?

 

No!

 

Removing the gate is only necessary because there is an inheritance waiting on the other side.

 

That is exactly what Jesus came to do. He came to remove sin because sin stood in the way of Life.

 

Listen carefully to His own words:

“…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

 

Notice what Jesus did not say.

He did not say,

“I have come that they might merely stop sinning.”

 

He did not say,

“I have come merely so they can escape hell.”

 

He said,

“I have come that they might have life.”

 

That was His mission. That was His purpose. That was why He left Heaven. That was why He became a Man. That was why He suffered. That was why He shed His blood. That was why He rose again.

 

Everything was moving toward one glorious purpose:

To restore the Life that man had lost!

 

The Apostle John understood this perfectly. He wrote,

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:4)

 

Do you see that?

 

Jesus did not merely possess life. He is Life.

 

Where Christ is, there is Life.

 

Where Christ reigns, there is Life.

 

Where Christ is formed, there is Life.

 

And where that Life is absent, no amount of religion can replace it.

 

This is why Christianity is far more than avoiding sin! It is receiving, growing in, and expressing the very Life of Christ!

 

Don’t Stop at Sin, Press on! 

So, can you see that many of us are still so far away?

 

Oh yes! Many Christians are still stuck at sin.

 

Almost every conversation comes back to one question:

 

“Is this a sin?”

 

“Is that a sin?”

 

“Can I do this?”

 

“Can I wear this?”

 

“Can I go there?”

 

“Will this send me to hell?”

 

Now, don’t misunderstand me.

 

Sin is exceedingly sinful.

 

God hates sin.

 

We must hate sin too.

 

But if, after many years of walking with Christ, your entire Christian life is still revolving around what is and is not a sin, then something is wrong.

 

You are still standing at the doorway.

 

When a little child is learning to walk, the parents constantly say,

 

“Don’t touch that.”

 

“Don’t put that in your mouth.”

 

“Don’t go there.”

 

The child’s life is full of “don’ts” because he is still immature. But as the child grows, his focus changes.

 

He begins to pursue purpose. He begins to carry responsibility. He begins to live. That is exactly what God desires for us spiritually.

 

The Lord did not save us merely so that we would spend our lives trying not to sin. He saved us from sin so that we could pursue Life. He delivered us from darkness so that we might walk in His light. He freed us from death so that we might live unto God.

 

That is why Jesus said,

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

 

Many believers spend their entire Christian lives fighting sin. Every day, their focus is sin. Every prayer is about sin. Every conversation is about sin. Every sermon they enjoy is about sin. They measure their spirituality by how many sins they have stopped committing.

 

But my dear sisters, there is something much higher.

 

As the Life of Christ grows within you, sin begins to lose its attraction.

 

Why?

 

Because life naturally overcomes death. Light naturally overcomes darkness. You don’t fight darkness by carrying sticks and beating it. You simply turn on the light.

 

In the same way, God did not merely call us to spend our lives chasing darkness.

 

He called us to be filled with His Life. The more Christ grows in you, the less room there is for the flesh. The more His Life fills your spirit, your soul and even your body, the less attractive the things of this world become.

 

Your desires begin to change. Your appetite begins to change. Your ambitions begin to change.

 

Not because someone keeps giving you a longer list of rules…but because another Life is growing inside you.

 

That is why Paul did not say,

“I am trying very hard not to sin.”

 

He said,

“For to me to live is Christ…” (Philippians 1:21)

 

That is the destination.

 

Not merely stopping sin.

 

Living Christ!!!

 

This is exactly what Jesus meant when He said,

“Ye are the light of the world…” (Matthew 5:14)

 

Why are we the light?

 

Because,

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:4)

 

Did you see that?

 

The light is not something you manufacture. The light is simply the manifestation of His Life. As His Life fills you, His light shines through you.

 

That is why Jesus continued,

“Let your light so shine before men…” (Matthew 5:16)

 

He was not telling us to pretend. He was not asking us to perform. He was saying, Let the Life within you become visible.

 

My dear sisters, this is God’s ultimate goal!

 

Not merely forgiven people. Not merely religious people. Not merely modest people. Not merely miracle-working people. But men and women so filled with the Life of Christ that everywhere they go, Christ is seen!

That is the Christian life. That is the purpose of the new birth. That is why Jesus came. And that is the Life we must pursue until Christ is fully formed in us.

 

The Five Foolish Virgins Had No Life!

Now let me show you one of the most sobering parables Jesus ever told. It is the parable of the ten virgins.

 

Now, pay attention, dear sisters.

 

Jesus did not compare five virgins with five prostitutes.

 

He did not compare believers with unbelievers.

 

He compared virgins with virgins.

 

All ten were virgins.

 

That means they had separated themselves.

 

They had maintained outward purity.

 

They were waiting for the Bridegroom.

 

They all had lamps.

 

Their lamps were even burning at some point.

 

They all expected to enter the wedding feast. Waiting for the coming of the Lord!

 

If you looked at them from the outside, you would probably say,

“These are all serious believers.”

 

But when the Bridegroom delayed, and they all slept. 

 

Five had oil. Five did not.

 

What was the difference?

 

Life!

 

The oil represents the inward reality of the Holy Spirit producing the Life of Christ within a person.

 

The foolish virgins had the appearance. They had the profession. They had the expectation. They even had lamps. They had the abstenence from obvious sins. But they lacked the inner supply of Life!

 

My dear sisters, this should make every one of us examine ourselves.

 

It is possible to be religious without possessing Life!

 

It is possible to know the language of Christianity without possessing Life!

 

It is possible to attend every meeting, sing every song, carry a Bible, dress modestly, pray long prayers, even perform miracles, and yet be lacking the very thing Heaven is looking for!

 

Life!

 

Jesus did not say to the foolish virgins,

“You were immoral.”

 

He simply shut the door.

 

Why?

 

Because outward preparation can never replace inward transformation!

 

The tragedy was not that they had no lamps. The tragedy was that they had neglected the oil.

 

This is exactly the burden of our generation.

 

Many Christians are occupied with maintaining appearances.

 

We know how to look spiritual.

 

We know how to sound spiritual.

 

We know how to perform spiritual activities.

 

But Heaven is asking a different question:

 

“Where is the Life?”

 

”Is the Kingdom having a reign in you?”

 

Is the Nature of Christ growing in you?

 

Is the Seed of God maturing in your life?

 

DO you know the Father day by day?

 

Are you exploring the deep as astronauts explore space?

 

That is the question that matters.

 

Every Tree is Known by Life

My dear sisters,  God never measures a tree by how old it is. He measures it by whether it bears life.

 

The Lord Jesus said,

“Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” (Matthew 7:19)

 

John the Baptist also declared,

“…the axe is laid unto the root of the trees…” (Matthew 3:10)

 

Notice that the axe is not laid to the branches. It is laid to the root. God is not merely trimming leaves. He is looking for Life.

 

A tree may have beautiful leaves. It may have a thick trunk. It may occupy a large space in the garden.

 

But if, year after year, it never bears fruit, what is its purpose?

 

It is occupying ground that another fruitful tree could have used.

 

Jesus Himself came to a fig tree full of leaves.

 

From a distance, it looked healthy.

 

It looked alive.

 

It looked fruitful.

 

But when He came near, He found nothing.

 

Only leaves.

 

Only appearance.

 

Only promise without substance.

 

And He cursed it.

 

Why?

 

Because in God’s Kingdom, appearance can never replace Life, sis!

 

The same is true of a seed.

 

A seed is full of divine potential. But if that seed remains a seed forever, something is wrong.

 

A seed was never created to remain a seed. It was created to die, to grow, to become a tree, and to bear fruit.

 

My dear sisters, the new birth planted the Seed of God within you but the Father’s expectation is not simply that the Seed remains there.

 

His expectation is growth. His expectation is fruit. His expectation is that Christ will become increasingly visible in your life.

 

This is why Jesus said,

“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” (John 15:8)

 

So, don’t just rejoice that you have been born again and stay there. Ask yourself: “Is the Life of Christ growing in me?”

 

Can people, especially the ones who know me the most. The one that I live in the same house, the same room, the same hostel, can they taste Christ through my words?

 

Can they see Him in my responses?

 

Can they recognize Him in my love, my humility, my obedience, my patience and my holiness?

 

Or have I remained the same person for years, with only more Bible knowledge and more religious activity?

 

Conclusion: Don’t Stop at the Gate

My dear sisters, if we have understood today’s message, then we have also understood that:

 

If victory over sin is only the stepping stone to Life, and many of us are still struggling even to attain victory over sin, how far away must Life still seem?

 

Many believers are still being defeated by anger. Others by lust. Others by jealousy. Others by prayerlessness. Others by pride. Others by bitterness. Others by lies and exaggeration.

 

Others still sign false attendance at work, cheat in little things, insult people on social media, refuse to forgive, speak carelessly, or live in secret compromise.

 

These things should grieve us, not because they merely make us “bad Christians,” but because they keep us standing at the entrance instead of entering into what the Father has prepared for us.

 

My dear sister, won’t you be done with sin?

 

Won’t you be done with it quickly?

 

Why spend your whole life wrestling at the gate when there is an inheritance waiting for you on the other side?

 

Your Father is saying:

 

“My child, I have already thrown you the key. Pick it up. Put it into the lock. Turn it, just as I have instructed you, and come in.”

 

But the child sits outside, staring at the gate.

 

“It is too big.”

 

“I don’t think I can open it.”

 

“Maybe one day.”

 

No!

 

The issue was never the size of the gate.

 

The issue was whether the child would believe his father enough to obey him.

 

Isn’t that exactly what faith is?

 

God has already provided everything necessary for victory over sin through Jesus Christ.

 

He has given us His Spirit.

 

He has given us His Word.

 

He has given us His grace.

 

He has given us His promises.

 

Now He says,

 

“Trust Me.”

 

“Obey Me.”

 

“Walk with Me.”

 

“Follow Me.”

 

As you do, you will discover that what once looked impossible begins to give way.

 

The gate opens.

 

The inheritance becomes yours.

 

And then the real journey begins.

 

My dear sisters, there are men and women, right here and now who have entered into this Life!!!

 

Perhaps not many.

 

The Lord Jesus Himself said,

“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:14)

 

Notice that.

 

Life.

 

Few find it.

 

Not because the Father is unwilling to give it.

 

But because few are willing to follow Him all the way.

 

My prayer is that you will be among those few.

 

You will not just be among those who hear about Life or who admire it from afar but you will be among those who enter in, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. 

 

When the twelve spies returned, ten of them looked at the giants and concluded,

“We are not able.”

 

Only Joshua and Caleb looked at the same giants and said,

“Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30)

 

Do you see the difference?

 

The giants were real but so was God’s promise.

 

My dear sisters, your anger may be real. Your lust may be real. Your pride may be real. Your fear may be real. Your prayerlessness may be real. But the Life of Christ is more real.

 

His grace is greater. His power is sufficient. His Spirit is able. Never agree with the report of unbelief. Stand with Joshua and Caleb. Say:

 

“By the grace of God, I shall possess this land.”

 

“I shall overcome this anger.”

 

“I shall overcome this pornography.”

 

“I shall overcome this jealousy.”

 

“I shall overcome this bitterness.”

 

“I shall overcome this prayerlessness.”

 

“I shall overcome this love of the world.”

 

Not because I am strong…but because the Life of Christ within me is stronger than every work of the flesh.

 

The moment you believe that growth is impossible, you have already stopped growing.

 

The moment you excuse your sin by saying: “Nobody is perfect,”, you have settled in the wilderness.

 

But the moment you say, “Lord, I believe Your Life can completely transform me,” you have taken your first step toward the Promised Land.

 

The writer of Hebrews pleads with us not to repeat Israel’s mistake.

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.” (Hebrews 4:1)

 

And again,

“Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Hebrews 6:12)

 

Do you hear that?

 

Faith.

 

Patience.

 

Not instant perfection. Not giving up. Not making excuses.

 

Faith that keeps pressing. Patience that keeps obeying.

 

That same determination you once used to pursue sin…turn it toward Christ. That same resolve you once used to defend yourself…turn it toward obedience. That same persistence you once used to chase the world…turn it toward seeking God.

 

My dear sisters, something beautiful will begin to happen: The weeds will begin to die. The thorns will begin to disappear. The Seed will begin to breathe. The roots will begin to go deeper. The Life of Christ will begin to spread through every part of your being.

 

And before long, people who have known you for years will begin to ask: “What happened to you?”

 

The answer will be simple.

 

The Seed is growing! 

 

No matter how young you are spiritually, you will begin to outgrow believers who have remained infants for decades.

 

Remember our constant prayer at the beginning of this journey:

 

“Father, bring me in.”

 

Now you understand why we keep praying that prayer.

 

This journey is spiritual.

 

No amount of intelligence can unlock it. No amount of religious activity can force the door open.

 

People may have eyes, yet never see. They may have ears, yet never hear.

 

Unless the Father opens our understanding, we will stand outside all our lives, holding the key in our hands without ever using it.

 

Therefore, let this become your cry:

“Father, bring me in. Open my eyes. Open my ears. Bring me beyond forgiveness. Bring me beyond victory over sin. Bring me into Your Life. I refuse to remain at the gate when Christ has already opened the way.”

 

May that become the testimony of every one of us in Jesus’ mighty Name. Amen.

 

Prayer

Father, thank You for showing me that Your ultimate goal was never merely to forgive my sins, but to fill me with Your own Life. Forgive me for every time I have settled for religion, outward appearance, or merely overcoming sin without pursuing Christ Himself. From today, I choose to pursue Your Life above everything else. Let every distraction, every besetting sin, every excuse and every unbelief lose its hold over me. Cause the Seed You planted within me to grow until Christ is fully formed in me. Let my life become a fruitful tree, a shining light, and a river of Living Water to my generation. May I never stop at the doorway, but press on until I attain the fullness of the stature of Christ. In Jesus’ mighty Name, Amen.

 

 

Quicken Me! by Dynamite Films Africa

 AUDIO ON YOUTUBE MUSIC

(Chorus)

Quicken me
Spirit of God within me
Quicken me
Holy fire, revive me

Quicken me
Till my whole life speaks of You
Quicken me
Jesus, make me new

 

(Verse 1)

Wake up every sleeping part
Breathe upon this weary heart
Let Your power move again
Till I burn for You again

Drive away the dust and fear
Pull my spirit very near
Let eternity arise
Open up my inner eyes

 

(Break)

Quicken me!
Quicken me!
Spirit of the living God!

Quicken me!
Quicken me!
Fill me till I overflow!

 

(Verse 2)

Let dead places rise again
Pour Your life into my frame
Let Your Word become my breath
Swallow weakness, swallow death

Move within my bones like fire
Lift me higher, higher, higher
Till the nature of the Lamb
Can be seen in all I am

 

(Outro)

Spirit of God within me
Do not leave me empty

Quicken me again
Quicken me again

 

 

TAKE CHARGE

• Father, in the mighty Name of Jesus, I present myself before You today. I sanctify my spirit, my soul, my body, my home, and this entire atmosphere unto You. Let every part of me and every space around me come under the government of the Holy Spirit.
• By the precious blood of Jesus, I declare that this atmosphere belongs to the Kingdom of God. I establish the Lordship of Jesus Christ over this place. Let every power, every influence, every imagination, every distraction, and every operation of darkness be silenced and brought into absolute submission to the authority of Christ.
• I declare that I am a vessel of the living God. My spirit is open to Heaven alone. My ears are open to hear. My eyes are open to see. My heart is soft and ready to receive. Every veil over my understanding is removed in the Name of Jesus. Every resistance to the working of the Holy Spirit is broken.
• Father, breathe upon me afresh. Let Your Zoe arise within me. Let every dead place receive Your life. Let every weary place receive Your strength. Let every dark place be flooded with Your light. Let everything in me that is not of Christ bow before the power of Your indestructible life.
• I command every strange spirit, every demonic presence, every satanic interference, every spirit of heaviness, confusion, fear, distraction, slumber, deception, oppression, and resistance to the Word of God to leave this atmosphere now, in the mighty Name of Jesus. You have no place here. Jesus Christ is Lord over this home, this room, this meeting, and my life.
• I release the rivers of living water from within my spirit to flow freely throughout this atmosphere. Let the presence of God fill this place. Let the ministry of angels prevail. Let the voice of the Holy Spirit be loud and clear. Let Heaven invade this atmosphere.
• Today, I take my place as a son of God, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and a carrier of the life of God. I refuse every distraction. I refuse every condemnation. I refuse every limitation. My heart is fixed on Christ, and I receive all that the Father has prepared for me today.
• Father, take absolute charge. Glorify Your Son. Let Your Kingdom come. Let Your will be done in me and through me. Let Zoe be unleashed afresh in every part of my life. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen.

 

START PRAYING

Cry out from your heart:

• Father, thank You for opening my eyes to Your eternal purpose. Thank You because You did not save me merely to escape hell, but to partake of Your own Life. Let this revelation never depart from my heart, in Jesus’ Name.

 

• Father, deliver me from every shallow understanding of Christianity. Draw me deeper into spiritual wisdom, knowledge and understanding, I pray, my Lord (Stay here for a while)

 

• O Breath of God, breathe upon every dry place within me! Every valley of dry bones in my inner man, hear the Word of the Lord, LIVE! LIVE AGAIN! LIVE ABUNDANTLY in the Mighty Name of Jesus. 

 

• My soul, my soul, my soul… hear me! I command you in the Name of Jesus: BREAK FREE! Break free from the tyranny of the flesh! Break free from every chain that keeps you from the Life of God! Break free by the Power of God within me in Jesus Name! 

 

•  Lord, I refuse to remain a spiritual infant. I refuse to remain a seed. Cause the Seed You planted within me to grow into the full stature of Christ in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

 

• Holy Spirit, expose every area where I have settled for appearance instead of Life. Deliver me from being a Christian outwardly while remaining barren inwardly, in Jesus’ mighty Name. Have mercy on me. 

 

• Father, I reject every lie that tells me I cannot overcome the giants and take the land. I declare that by Your grace, every giant standing before my spiritual growth shall fall. I will possess the land You have prepared for me in the Name of Jesus!

 

• Lord Jesus, let every thorn choking the Seed of God in my life be uprooted today! Every love of the world, every distraction, every compromise, every secret affection for sin, die by the power of the Holy Spirit, roast by fire!

 

• Father, don’t allow me to spend my life merely struggling against sin. Teach me to pursue Christ. Make it easy for me to do this, Lord. Change me so I can find pursuing Christ so easy and enjoyable by Your mercies in the Mighty Name of Jesus

 

• My spirit, arise! My spirit, dominate! My spirit, take your rightful place! You were created to rule over my soul and my body. I refuse to be governed by my emotions, my appetites or my circumstances. Let the Spirit of God strengthen my spirit until Christ reigns over my whole being!

 

• Holy Spirit, cultivate in me an insatiable hunger for the Life of God. Refuse to let me become satisfied with spiritual mediocrity. Make me restless until Christ is fully formed in me.

 

• Father, enough is enough. By Your mercies, don’t allow me to spend my life merely fighting sin. Bring me into the realm of abundant Life. Let Christ increase in me until sin loses every attraction and Your nature becomes my nature in Jesus’ Mighty Name of Jesus.

 

• Lord, don’t let me become another fruitless tree occupying space in Your vineyard. Prune me, refine me, discipline me, and do whatever is necessary until I bear much fruit for Your glory.

 

• My spirit, hear the Word of the Lord! In the Name of Jesus Christ, COME ALIVE! Every area of spiritual dullness, every sleeping faculty, every dead affection for God, AWAKE NOW! My spirit, receive fresh Life from the Holy Ghost!

 

• Father, deliver me from every form of dead religion. Refuse to let me become like the foolish virgins, having a lamp but lacking oil. Fill me continually with Your Spirit until my life burns with Your presence.

 

• Lord Jesus, I choose Life today. I reject every path of death, every independent way of living, every confidence in the flesh. I choose You again as my Life, my Way, and my all in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. 

 

• Father, let this Juicy July mark the beginning of a new season in my walk with You. May I never again be content with merely overcoming sin. Let my greatest pursuit become Christ Himself, until rivers of Living Water flow out of my life to my generation, in Jesus’ mighty Name. Amen.

 

Round off with thanksgiving when you are done. 

And then continue below. 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Don’t forget! Our Juicy July Bible Study holds tonight at 9PM (WAT) on Google Meet (Ladies only). Please ensure you are studying the Scriptures as you fast and pray. God bless us all. 

Text for today: Matthew 6

See you there, dear daughter of my Father!

 

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