GOLD'S BLOG

(1) To Be the Man He is Called to Be — 1 Corinthians 16:13 Father, I pray that my husband will be alert and on guard; standing firm in his faith and conviction in You. I pray that he would be the man You have called him to be, and that he would be courageous and grow in strength. In Jesus’ Name. (2) To Be Obedient to God’s Will & Plan for His Life – 1 John 2:1; 3:22 Father, I pray that my husband conforms to Your will in every purpose, thought and action.  I pray that he will follow Your plan for him and habitually practice what is pleasing to You. In Jesus’ Name.   (3) To Receive Wisdom, Knowledge & Understanding — Ephesians 1:16-19, Colossians 1:19 Father, I ask You to give my husband spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that he may grow in his knowledge of You. I pray that his heart will be flooded with light so that he can understand the wonderful future You have promised him. I pray that he is filled with the full knowledge of Your will in all wisdom an...

Prayer points: 1. I thank You God because You alone are the perfect matchmaker 2. Lord, release to me the man/woman you have pre-ordained as my spouse in Jesus’ name. 3. Lord, cause it to happen that the divine match will come forth soon in the name of Jesus. 4. Lord, let my spouse be a person who loves You wholeheartedly in the name of Jesus. 5. Lord, establish our home according to the scriptures in Jesus name (read Ephesians 5:20-28). 6. Father, let all satanic barriers keeping us from meeting be dissolved in Jesus’ name. 7. Lord, send forth your warring angels to battle and release my spouse wherever s/he is held captive in the name of Jesus. 8. Lord, I believe You have created me for a special person; bring it to pass in the name of Jesus. 9. I now call him/her out of obscurity into my life in Jesus’ name. 10. I reject the provision of counterfeit spouse for me by the enemy in the name of Jesus. 11. I cut off the flow of any inherited marital problems into my ...

Pray all points with the understanding that you are coming through the blood and the name of Jesus. 1. Matthew 6:12 – In the name of Jesus, I ask for forgiveness for the sins of my ancestors, parents, acquaintances, and myself, which gave the enemy and his cohorts the legal rights to work against my marriage. RELATED: 10 HOT PRAYER POINTS FOR YOUR HUSBAND! 2. Galatians 3:13, Psalm 107:2 – I declare that I am not bound by the covenants of ancestors, and that I am redeemed by the blood of Jesus. 3. Revelation 17:1-2 – I take authority in the name of Jesus, and I cancel all satanic covenants, agreements, vows and promises for wealth, health, fame, protection, power, influences, etc. which have brought the curse of being single in my life. 4. Revelation 18:12, 13 – I declare that every merchandizing and exchange of my soul in the area of marriage comes to a halt.  I declare that every influence of the spirit of Jezebel concerning my marriage is completely and permanently...

(4)  Pray with humility to God when facing weakness and temptation.  Jesus told His disciples on the night of His betrayal, “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” ( Matt 26:41 ;  Mark 14:38 ). Jesus warned His disciples, and yet that night, they all fled when they said that they would not ( Mark 14:26-31 ). Jesus instructed, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” ( Luke 22:40 ,  46 ). Was Jesus wrong about prayer?! These are not useless words! Would prayer have helped deliver these disciples? Yes, it would. If prayer against temptation was not useful and powerful, why would Jesus have commanded His disciples to pray? What if they would have prayed three times that

(3)  Set your mind on the Spirit.  Look to better things. “then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” ( Col 3:1 ). How is this important to overcoming sin? Consider verse 5, “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” Think about how evil thoughts and imaginations feed the

(3)  Set your mind on the Spirit.  Look to better things. “then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” ( Col 3:1 ). How is this important to overcoming sin? Consider verse 5, “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” Think about how evil thoughts and imaginations feed the lusts of the flesh. One must start disciplining the mind and become aware that God sees everyone and knows every thought.  The Christian must set the mind on the Spirit and become spiritually aware of what is behind the lusts of the flesh. “[T]o put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,” ( Eph 4:22–23 ; ESV). 

(2)  Escape temptation and bear it.  God is faithful giving a way to escape for everyone to bear temptations ( 1 Cor 10:12–13 ). Bearing the urges is the only way to learn to weaken and endure such strong desires. Christians must escape and bear the temptation. “Flee from sexual immorality” ( 1 Cor 6:18 ). The Christian must escape like

(1)  Make no way to give into lust  ( Rom 13:13–14 ). Christians must set a perimeter in one’s life and in one’s mind. The follower of Christ must not stay around temptations. They must find a way to stay away from private temptations of secret sins. Many Christians simply miss this point. Even when a Christian sets one’s mind on Christ, that mindset must include avoiding all forms of evil and fleeing from temptations.  Solomon warned not go near the street of the adulterous woman at night (Prov 7). Christians must make no way for private and hidden sins.  Paul exhorts in Romans 13:13–14 , “Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” From here, believers grow in Christ and in His virtues for the rest of your life ( 2 Pet 1:4–11 ). This is a war, and Christians ...

I realize that sexual temptations are great, no one is exempt from them, and none should boast of their self-righteousness. I'm also aware that in seeking to turn someone from the error of their ways we must do so in gentleness and humility (Gal. 6:1; 2 Tim. 2:25). But if there is to be victory in this area, it must begin with a reverent understanding and a scriptural estimation of the defiling and degrading nature of sexual sin and its terrible dangers. Before people obey God, they must be thoroughly awakened. Only then will they overcome counteracting forces.  Those who practice sexual sin, or any other sin for that matter, and profess Christ, are partaking of the body of the Lord unworthily; and in doing so they are receiving a curse rather than a blessing. "For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many  are weak and sick among you, and many sleep" (1 Cor. 1...