Today's Message: Power Of Influence In The Life Of A Christian
By Pastor Segun Keku

In other words- How to know if someone is sent from God or from the devil.

The people around you that you spend time with will either influence you positively or negatively.
We get better by godly influence. And worse by bad influences.

When you give your life to Christ, it is expected that your circle of friends should change.

1Cor.11.1 - Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

Choose your friends by their values. Is it godly or worldly?

Some people are sent into your life by the Holy Spirit to help you live righteously.
These are Friends that will tell you the consequences of going into sin.
They encourage you to pray and fast.
The encourage you in spiritual exercise.
Not friends that will tell you about football or betting, or bad habits etc.

The world has Influencers.
The Holy spirit is the influencer of the Believer.

And He will use people to influence you.
Such Good Friends are not many.

Friends sent by the devil will encourage you to do evil and discourage you when you want to do the right thing.

They are the ones that will tell you the latest joints, clubs, etc.
If you dont wake up, the damage they would have caused would be irreparable.

They will make you worse than you were.
They are friends that spend their time gossiping.

There are some people you don't have business with even in your family.
If someone encourages you to lie, drink, smoke, consult oracles for power, do divination, consult astrology, commit fornication/adultery, etc, avoid them.

Beware of Spiritual manipulation.
It is important to have the Spirit of the LORD. The Holyspirit will cancel their evil manipulations easily.
Beware of fast trackers. What you get too quick will also go quickly.

We are at the end times. Evil, death, terrible things will be on the increase. Teenagers will be rebellious. But our teenagers will not be among them in Jesus name.

Do not open your self to attack. The moment you go to see a seer and he has spoken, you have opened the door of your life to them for manipulations.

This morning whoever the devil may have sent to your life, the LORD will drive them out in Jesus name. Amen.

1Kgs.21.25 - But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.

Jezebel was sent by the devil to Ahab.
Likewise Job's wife.
It is possible that a wife/husband is sent by the devil into the life of a husband.
When devil sends someone on a mission, they are targeting your neck, how to destroy you.

Ahab listened to Jezebel and was destroyed.
Job did not listen to his wife and he lived.

Be sensitive who you listen to.
Do you only listen to the rich?
Do you listen to prophets?

1 Kjngs 13:11-25
Even though the young prophet was strong not to listen to the King but he listened to the old prophet against God's instruction and he died.

Are you sure God sent that person or the devil?

Any thing your pastor tells you, if it is not in the bible, don't do it.
Pastors will be judged. Everyone will be judged. But do not let them destroy your life.

When you listen to bad influences over good influences you will lose God's Presence.
There are things can you do that will drive the Holy Spirit away from you.

Who is the person the devil has sent into your life?

Do not believe the lies that
"I can hang around people and not be influenced by them."
Or "I can't fall for their Pressure."

It is not possible.
There is no spiritual Superman.
There's no relationship between Light and Darkness.
No matter how righteous you are, if you find yourself alone with a woman, flee!!!
The demon inside them is greater than them.

How can a pastor still have a prophet outside his organisation?
There should be no middle man between You and God. God wants to speak and deal with you directly.

Avoid pessimistic people who always have something negative to say, without faith.

1Thess.5.14 - Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

It is greed when you want to amass what God did not give you.
Be okay with what God gives you.
Why do we forget easily?
Remember how God has helped you.
Do you Trust God to still help you?
"I urge you. In every situation, Wait on the LORD."

Anyone that brings you down or makes you lose hope is from the devil. Avoid them.
Be careful what people say to you before you believe.

A good prophet/pastor has the Word of Hope.
Like Moses, when there was no way forward for the Israelites, he heard from God, "Move Forward."

Job.14.7 - "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.

Be sensitive of those who bring division in a gathering.

Check the Fruit they bear.
Matt.7.15-18 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

It takes some body that is walking and producing the Fruit of the Spirit to walk and produce the Fruit of the Spirit.
Look out for Character and Virtue.
Don't relate with people based on tribe or riches, status.
You can only be my Friend if you know Chriist and you Fear God. Not by how much money you have.
I prefer to be poor and know God.
Yet, to have money and still have the fear of God is better.

May the LORD separate you from every demonic and satanic influence in Jesus name. Holy Spirit will block them in Jesus name. Amen.