During my communion time with the Holy Spirit, He reminded me of the importance of revisiting and studying the words He has spoken over our lives that are yet to be fulfilled. He encouraged me to go back through the messages, the themes, and the instructions He has given in previous months so that I can remain aligned with His purposes and walk in the triumph He has ordained.
As Jesus promised in John 14:26, the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance what He has spoken over time, and this remembrance enlarges our true discernment, understanding, and spiritual accuracy. Like the men of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 12:32, we must have an understanding of the times, so we know how to respond appropriately in every situation in order to remain in the centre of the Lord’s will for our lives.
The Holy Spirit emphasised the fact that there are certain things we as Jesus’s followers must never allow to rule, dominate, or oppress our lives. Jesus has already paid the price for our complete total freedom, and we have no business tolerating what He has already conquered on our behalf. Throughout Revelation chapters 2 and 3, Jesus repeatedly calls His people to overcome no matter the obstacle, demonstrating that our overcoming is an essential part of the Christian life.
The foundation of this truth is found in 1 John 3:8, which declares these words: “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”The Holy Spirit highlighted the fact that sin entered humanity through satan’s deception of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Romans 5:12-14), and since then the enemy has sought to keep mankind in bondage through sin, oppression, sickness, destruction, and fear. However, Jesus was manifested specifically to destroy these works of the devil.
Jesus Himself revealed the nature of satan’s mission in John 10:10a which reads that: “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” Therefore, anything that steals, kills, destroys, oppresses, binds, or diminishes life originates from the enemy’s work and is something Jesus came to destroy. The Holy Spirit stressed that we as followers of Jesus must not permit these works to remain in our lives because Christ has already rendered them powerless through His victory.
We are instructed in Ephesians 4:27 not to give place to the devil. Jesus deliberately confronted and destroyed the enemy’s works, and it would be contrary to His nature and purpose to desire His people to live under what He died to remove. This truth is reinforced by Acts 10:38 which reads these words: “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
This passage clearly reveals that oppression comes from the devil, not from God. Jesus consistently demonstrated the Father’s will by healing, delivering, restoring, and setting people free. Therefore, we as Jesus’s followers should refuse every form of oppression, by recognising that Christ’s mission and ministry established the Father’s desire for us to walk in freedom, healing, victory and triumph.
The Holy Spirit reminded me of the day when this revelation became real in my own personal life. I was suffering from a severe headache when the Holy Spirit instructed me to command it to leave because it had no legal right to oppress me. I rebuked it in Jesus’ name and it immediately departed.
A short while later it attempted to return, seemingly to challenge my confidence, but the Holy Spirit instructed me again to reject it as an unlawful trespasser. From that moment I learned that my body belongs to the Lord and that anything seeking to oppress it without divine authorisation must be resisted and expelled through faith and obedience to the word of God.
Since then I have walked in freedom from sickness and disease by refusing sickness symptoms the right to establish themselves in my body and by continually affirming the Lord’s ownership over my body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit then taught me how to deal with the opposition that arises against the Lord’s purposes. He used Psalm 2 to show me that opposition against the Lord’s work is inevitable. Peter later referenced the fulfilment of this prophecy in Acts 4, demonstrating how various groups united against Jesus and His ministry.
Through this understanding, I learned that satan often forms alliances and strategies to resist the work of God and oppose the anointing. Yet the Holy Spirit taught me how to discern and overcome these schemes, by standing strong in the confidence that Jesus has already triumphed over them.
The anointing of the Holy Spirit is given to break barriers, remove burdens, destroy yokes, overcome obstacles, produce victory over world issues, demonstrating the Lord’s earth shaking power to manifest Jesus’s Kingdom on earth. As followers of Jesus we are called to live as more than conquerors, by continually advancing and taking territory on earth for the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit strongly warned against passivity, describing it as a sign of spiritual decline. Instead, we as followers of Jesus are called to keep moving forward, by pressing into the Lord’s purposes and refusing stagnation in any area of life. This is reflected in Jesus’ messages to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3, where every church is called to overcome the resistance despite its unique challenges.
Likewise, Philippians 3:13-14 reminds us to forget what lies behind us and press toward the prize of God’s upward calling. The Christian life is not one of retreat but of continual advancement. The Holy Spirit also highlighted a pattern present in all His instructions which always calls us to take action.
His words are never meant merely to comfort but they are designed to activate faith, produce movement, and position us for greater victories. Every instruction He gives is intended to move us forward into deeper levels of fruitfulness and triumph.
As an example of boldness, the Holy Spirit pointed to Acts 13:46, where Paul and Barnabas grew bold in proclaiming the Lord’s truth. So likewise, we as Jesus’s followers must stop merely complaining about oppression and instead rise up boldly against it. Rather than tolerating affliction, bondage, fear, sickness, discouragement, or any other work of the enemy, we must stand in the victory Christ has already secured for us and declare that such oppression has no place in our lives.
The Holy Spirit calls us today to reject every work of the devil and to embrace the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. We are to remain steadfast, immovable, and unwavering in this truth, refusing to surrender any ground to the enemy.
As we stand firmly upon Christ’s finished work of triumph, oppression will diminish and lose its hold over us because we are enforcing the victory Jesus has already won on our behalf. By receiving and holding fast to this truth, we enter a greater realm of freedom, authority, and glory, by walking in the life the Lord intended for us from the beginning.
In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare that every work of the devil seeking to steal, kill, destroy, oppress, hinder, or limit your life is broken and rendered powerless. According to 1 John 3:8, Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of the devil, and His victory is now made manifest in your life.
I declare that every form of oppression, fear, sickness, bondage, discouragement, delay, and intimidation must leave your life now in Jesus name. You shall walk in the freedom purchased for you by Christ. You shall stand strong, bold, and courageous in the power of the Holy Spirit.
May the Holy Spirit bring to your remembrance every word He has spoken to you, by aligning you with His purposes, and establishing you in the centre of His will. May you overcome every challenge, by pressing forward into every promise, by walking as more than a conqueror through Christ.
You shall no longer be passive, defeated, or overcome by evil. You shall advance, to possess your inheritance, and demonstrate the triumph of Jesus in every area of your life. The glory of the Lord shall rest upon you, His power shall work through you, and His goodness shall be evident in all you do.
Receive abundant grace to stand firm, resist every work of darkness, and walk continually in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. Let freedom, victory, healing, strength, and divine breakthrough become your daily testimony in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.