Christian Life Is Not An Easy Road

I. CHILD OF GOD, very very I tell you the ; it is narrow, but it leads to life eternal. Keep walking. The Christian life is not a playground. It is fighting in a battlefield consistently. It is a narrow and sometimes lonely road. It is a cross; we must carry a lone the path where mockers have lined up along each side of the road mocking us. Acts 14:22 – "...we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." It’s a journey that sometimes we shed tears, we weep, we cry, yet we must never give up; we must continue, for the end would be glorious if we faint not. Whatever path you are on currently, I encourage you, Christian soldier, to march on, move forward, and advance in the name of Jesus Christ, and you will overcome in due course. Even if friends, family members, parents, and some leaders have openly given up on you, I tell you of a fact: God has not given up on you. God is preparing you through that path to a glorious end. Sometimes, through divine order, some people must give up on you to journey on without any distractions. ; face the reality and carry your cross boldly even though it is heavy. God will strengthen you to move on.

II. SON OF MAN, today, I want to tell you the truth that will set you free: . Matthew 16:24 – "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Brother, you have to endure and deny yourself these temporal pleasures of life; for the sake of the cross, you have to say no to corrupt practices, for Christianity is not for quitters. Stand firm and move on in the name of Jesus Christ. There will be days you pray and heaven is silent, days you fast and the mountain still stands; that is that time you must still endure. Endure When God Says No - 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 - Paul prayed three times, and God said, "My grace is sufficient." Sometimes God will not change the situation. He will give you grace to endure the situation. Your business may collapse. Your marriage may shake. Your health may fail. But Romans 8:18 says, "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Remember Joseph endured 13 years of betrayal, slavery and prison before the palace. David endured 15 years in the bush running from Saul before the throne. Stop looking for microwave miracles. God is building men who can endure.

III. BELOVED SISTER, Jesus said, Matthew 7:14 – "Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." He said, 'John 16:33'. - "In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Sister, you must endure hardness as a good soldier – 2 Timothy 2:3; you must endure hunger, rejection, mockery, and joblessness; you must endure delayed marriage and delay in childbirth, and you must endure. Enduring is not an easy task, and . "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice..." - Romans 12: 1. Every true Christian life is built on an altar of sacrifice. Today, I reveal a truth that Christianity without sacrifice is fake. You must sacrifice your time to pray when others are sleeping. You must sacrifice your comfort: Luke 9:58 – "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. " The Gospel will inconvenience you, but you must endure it to the end. You must sacrifice relationships that contaminate you: 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 - Come out from among them. Some friends must go if you must grow.

IV. MY DEAR BROTHER, you must be ready to sacrifice your Isaac: like Abraham, God will sometimes ask for what you love most to prove He is Lord. Genesis 22:2. Brother, on the Christian path, you have to walk by faith - not by sight, not by feelings. Christianity is not about feelings; it’s based on faith. "For we walk by faith, not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 5:7. Sometimes the Christian Road you are directed through the Holy Spirit to embark on may not make sense to the natural mind. Beloved, you will have to obey God when you don't understand. Abraham walked by faith when God told him to leave his father's house without a map. Noah built an ark when there was no rain. The widow gave her last meal to Elijah. Some of these actions initially did not make sense, but through faith they moved, and the end was glorious. Are you ready to continue through faith? Sister, faith is not convenient. Faith is not logical. But faith is what moves God. Remember this is a DIVINE NEW DAY PROPHETIC WORD of encouragement sent forth through the authority and power of Christ Jesus and delivered to the brethren through God's Vessel, Francis Ameyibor. Yes! Stop asking God to show you everything before you move. Just obey. The provision is in the obedience.

V. 2026 IS OUR YEAR AND SEASON TO BE LIFTED UP—You have to deny yourself the pleasures of this world.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I know this road is not easy. Give me grace to endure, to sacrifice, to walk by faith, to deny myself, to stand alone, and to overcome temptation and rejection. I will not turn back. I will finish my course. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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