Weathering the Storm of Life: Created to Overcome; Built to Win

By Justin E. Emenike

Weathering the Storm of Life as taught in this book will avail you the right guide and put you in the right mindset for spiritual warfare. The book reveals the hidden truth about personal trials and battles that are not always spoken of and/ or even addressed in the church. Weathering the Storm will equip you with personal testimonies from the author, along with biblical insight for successful daily living. Understanding your battles, where, how and when they are to be fought would help you discover how to win life challenges with God on your side. This is what the author has revealed to us in this book. Not only that, the author emphasized that God has a plan for every human being in the planet earth but so does the devil. And as a human, you are in a spiritual warfare, whether you believe it or not. Spiritual warfare is fought in the spiritual realm at three basic levels: the world, the spirit and the devil. This book would help you navigate all three dimensions and help you come through life challenges victoriously. How you fight your battle will determine your final outcome. God has equipped every believer, with the right - necessary tools, Through Christ that will help him or her overcome their storms. But you must know how to use the tools/authority God has given you, with the right mindset to defeat your enemies. Today, believe that every Storm life brings towards you has a deadline – expiration date. You were created to outlast every one of them.

Learn to break powers of the storms your enemy sends to hinder your life purpose. Use prophetic declarations to release blessings, divine favor, and a new season of God for your life.

At the end of each chapter is special prophetic Holy Spirit led prayer guide that will help you prayerfully stay focused on God heart’s desire for your life. It will also help you break every storm in your life no matter who sent it and/ or where it came from.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781663230614

Justin E. Emenike

Justin E. Emenike is an Apostle & the senior Pastor of New Life Redemption Church In, Brooklyn NY. He is the president and founder of Apostle Justin Emenike World Ministries and New Life Redemption Church Inc. He is the publisher of Revealer, a quarterly christian magazine. Having previously obtained a Bachelor of Science in political science, he also earned a Master of Arts degree in radio and television broadcasting technology from Brooklyn College. In addition, Mr. Emenike is also a spiritual adviser and a motivational speaker. He hosts weekly sermons Live on Facebook/Youtube. Mr. Justin Emenike lives in NYC with his family. Mr. Emenike has been included in Marquis Who's Who, as in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes. 10/11/2021: Justin E. Emenike is an apostle and the senior pastor of New Life Redemption Church in Brooklyn, New York. He is the president and founder of Apostle Justin Emenike World Ministries and New Life Redemption Church, Inc. He is the publisher of Revealer, a quarterly Christian magazine. Having previously obtained a bachelor of science in political science, he also earned a master of arts degree in radio and television broadcasting technology from Brooklyn College. In addition, Mr. Emenike a spiritual adviser and a motivational speaker. He hosts weekly sermons live on Facebook and YouTube. Justin Emenike lives in New York City with his family. He has been included in biographical volumes published by Marquis Who’s Who.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Important Scriptures

Introduction

Chapter 1 A Prayer to Put on the Full Armor of God

Chapter 2 The Blessing and the Power is in the Asking!

Chapter 3 Blessed are the Peacemakers

Chapter 4 The Blessings in Submission to Authority

Chapter 5 Authority in God’s Eyes

Chapter 6 The Bible Says to Count it All Joy!

Chapter 7 Divine Turnaround

Chapter 8 The Blessed of the Lord

Chapter 9 How to Find Your Purpose

Chapter 10 Staying Still in the Eye of Your Storm

Chapter 11 Spirit of the Living God, Break the Yoke of Delay in My Life Today!

Chapter 12 Divine Connection to Your Destiny Helpers

Chapter 13 Instead of a Donkey, He Found a Kingdom

Chapter 14 Feeling Faint, Brokenhearted?

Chapter 15 Seven Signs that You May Be Living outside God’s Will for Your Life

Chapter 16 Victory over Evil Messengers

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my loving wife, friend and companion

– Pastor (Mrs.) Carole Joan Emenike, and my children, Lucas

Chimaobi Emenike (son) and Abigail Chinasa Emenike (daughter).

Remember: it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down or defeat us; it is the state of our mind and how we handle those burdens.

IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES

Scriptures about Spiritual Warfare to Memorize

For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

—Ephesians 6:12 NLT

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

—1 Peter 5:8 NLT

Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

—Luke 10:19 NLT

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

—Matthew 10:10 NLT

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

—2 Corinthians 10:4–5 NKJV

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

—James 4:7 NKJV

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

—Ephesians 6:14 NIV

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

—Matthew 18:18 NIV

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, says the Lord.

—Isaiah 54:17 NKJV

You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.

—2 Chronicles 20:17 NIV

Scriptures to Remember Always

Then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

—Deuteronomy 11:14 (KJV)

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

—James 5:7 NIV

I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

—Leviticus 26:4 NIV

The Lord will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain to your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

—Deuteronomy 28:12 BSB

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

—Joel 2:23 NKJV

The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts."

—Haggai 2:9 BSB

…. When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

—Isaiah 59:19 NKJV

After Job’s days of severe trials, the Lord blessed his latter days more than his beginning.

—Job 42:12 NKJV

We All Should Learn a Lesson from the

Eagle in How He Deals with the Storm

I love the story of the eagle. Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?

Yes, the eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. So, when the storm hits at the set measure of time, the eagle will set its wings so that the wind will pick the creature up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

Within the circumstances in which the eagle finds itself, it does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift its body higher above so that it rises on the winds that bring the storm.

My friends, the moral here is that if the storms of life come upon you, know that you must rise above them by setting your mind to the things that are above, toward God’s plans and His promises. We can trust God so much that we allow His grace and mighty power to lift us above every one of life’s storms the enemy throws at us.

By God’s grace, no matter what life throws at you and me, we will be able to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure, and disappointment into our lives. We can soar above the storms of life to stay within the shadow of the Almighty.

INTRODUCTION

No (temptation) trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial he will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it.

—1 Corinthians 10:13 NABRE

The foregoing scripture is one of the most comforting verses in the Bible, yet it takes faith, living faith, to trust in what it is saying. Storms are like trouble. A storm is never a pleasant thing to experience, and sometimes a storm leaves individuals, families, communities, and nations ravaged and devastated. Most times, a storm is predictable; other times, it is not. So, the idea of troubles or trials, as with experiencing a storm, is never what anyone wants to think about, yet troubles and trials are inevitable in this life. I want to assure you that by reading Weathering the Storm of Life, every storm-like circumstance that is prevailing in your life or that life has brought to you has a deadline. That being said, think about it: If faced with opposition from the devil and his demonic alliance, do you demonstrate God’s defeat of Satan? What is your immediate reaction? Will you fight or take flight? A storm, regardless of its category, always has a time limit, an expiration date set, for it to end.

Jesus looks at life storms this way: In this world you will have trouble (John 16:33 NIV).

The word trouble in the Greek language can mean persecution, affliction, distress, or tribulation. Jesus, in many of His words, warned us and reminded us that at some point in this life we will face trouble. It is never comforting to know