Thursday        1st   November,  2018

```DESTINY DISCOVERY AND MOLDING MESSAGE```
♦ *TOPIC: MAKING THE WORD OF NON EFFECT THROUGH THE TRADITION OF MEN*
*_By: Judah Olatunde_*

Mark  7:9 And he said unto them, Full well YOU REJECT THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KEEP YOUR OWN TRADITION.

Jesus said, "full well you have rejected the word of God so that you can keep the tradition of men". There are many things men have instituted and put in place which they hold in high esteem than the living word of God.

For instance, some will say " this is how everyone in my family treats his/her spouse; this is how we do it in our tribe; in our tribe, we normally give birth before we marry to test if our spouse has a potential of giving birth; in our tribe, we always do it this way; this is how my father or mother always do this particular thing and I am supposed to do it also since I am not a bastard".

There are many churches today that are completely in OPPOSITE alignment with the word of God and people have willingly chose to follow church rather than the word. Flee from every church that is a shrine, God never asked you to bow for any graven image, flee from churches that do not believe in the reality of heaven and hell; flee every gathering that does not believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, flee from every church where they do not believe Jesus is the Son of God and He is our saviour, our King that is coming back again, flee for your life before it's too late...

There are even those who believe, it is impossible to have a home without crisis, where do you find in the bible that once you are married, you must always have crisis and beat up one another? " it I not found anywhere. The reason why such occurrences kept reoccurring is simply because many have programmed their mind to welcome such a demonic tradition.

These and many more are some useless, rootless, senseless and demonic traditions that men hold in high esteem. I don't care what that thing or thought or pattern or how that way of life is, if it is not consistent with the word of God  then it is a demonic practice and tradition. Many things that men practice and hold in high esteem are completely demonic and this is why many homes don't have true peace because you can't have peace if you do not welcome the presence of the Word who is the prince of peace.

How can you as a believer hold unto anything all in the name of "this is how we use to do it in my own family or village or clan, etc).

*Insights For Today: Don't lay aside the commandment of God all in the name of any tradition. You will enjoy true peace when you have the prince of peace.*

*_Prayer Point: Confess everything you have held unto that is not according to the word and make a decision today to detach yourself from such a lifestyle/tradition.. Keep walking by faith_*

★DAILY BIBLE READING PLAN: Dan 2, Luke 24 and Psalms 20