Maturity

Text: Eph. 4:14-16
More Lessons: 2 Pet.3:18
Bible Reading in One Year: Judges 16-18

Maturity has remained a crucial matter for the body of Christ. Most of the traits the church exhibits like selfishness, instability, gullibility, being tossed to and fro by new teachings come out of immaturity.

The following are a few of the essentials the church needs to grow to maturity,
1. Growth and maturity come by nutrition and not just by addition. The church body matures from within when we feed on the Word of God. God's truth ministered in love provides spiritual nutrition to the body. However, when the church is faced with the famine of the word it becomes an entertainment centre. Pastors and Sunday school teachers need to realize how great a responsibility it is to teach the Word of truth.

2. The church matures in an atmosphere of love. Apostle Paul in Eph. 4:15 said truth and love must go together; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. He meant, “saying” the truth and “doing” the truth. Truth is objective; love is subjective, and we must have both. The preacher must preach the truth in love; we must apply the truth in love. Love without truth is hypocrisy and truth without love is brutality. Once truth starts to vanish, no amount of love will compensate for it. At the same time, when love vanishes truth becomes hard and brittle.

3. The body matures as each of the fivefold ministries goes to work. It is good to know that each of us has a ministry to fulfil in building the body of Christ. We must ensure we do our part because nobody else can do it. And if we don't, we miss the blessing and rob the church of growth. We need to fellowship with the local church to grow and to serve. We can help people grow through our prayers (I Thess. 3:10). Because God perfects and equips us through suffering (I Pet. 5:10), if we allow Him in our sufferings we will grow and mature.

4. The body matures to a predetermined image. God wants His people and His church collectively to become like the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not to become like our preacher or minister whom we greatly admire (Eph. 4:13); Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: The effectiveness of the local church should not be based on annual or quarterly report but it is measured by the changes that take place in the lives of people as they serve one another and become more like the Son of God.

Prayer/Action
* Pray for all round maturity in your life.
* Ask God to make you an agent of maturity to all the church.
* Ask God to cause you to grow in grace and knowledge of Him.

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MAY 2014, Month of MANIFEST GLORY.

MAY 2014, Month of MANIFESDT GLORY. Jn. 2;1-11.
DECLARATIONS AND PRAYER POINTS.
Prayer the prayer points and say amen where necessary.... use your mouth to safe your destiny

1. In the month of May, no matter the impossibilities, probabilities or challenges there in, I shall dance.
2. When others are getting ‘no’ for answer in the month of May I will get ‘yes’.
3. The things that are obstacles for me in the previous months I turn them to stepping stones in the month of May
4. Everything Satan hates me to get, I will get it in the month of May. I will wake up every day.
5. I will celebrate more than the celebrants.
6. There shall be landmark achievements for me. Something that I will not be able to forget in the history of my life will happen to me in a positive way.
7. I shall become a sign and a wonder: John 2: 11
8. Whatever makes people reproach me will disappear this month: Josh. 5:9

Ten (10) things that must happen to you in the month of May
1. There must be a promotion before time, the promotion that you are not yet qualified for. Before you are due you will be promoted.
2. In the place of weeping and crying, you will smile. There must be laughter instead of crying.
3. You will look at storms in the face and you will smile.
4. Everything your heart has been longing for, the month of May will bring them to you. This month is the take off of all your heart desires.
5. You will open your eyes and see positive things, everything around you will change for good. You will see it and will step into it. The environment of poverty and insecurity will change. You will not run in the streets weeping and crying.
6. You will not wear black for sorrow. It is the portion of your enemy
7. There is stepping up for you this month.
8. The reproaches will go. Whatever signboard is on your head and you don’t want anybody to see will disappear. No matter how tiny or how small they are, they will disappear.
9. Whatever is called a miracle will be your portion. Your doctor will tell you only God can do this for you, your lecturers will tell you only God can do this.
10. You will get to the high places. Whatever is called the higher ground, you will get there, even your colleagues will not see you as their equal any more.

In the month of May, you will manifest glory.
You will be a sign in  the enemy's land.
Even if hands are joined against you, you will be a wonder. Josh 5:9.
In the month of May, I destroy everything that makes people ask where is your God.
There are reproaches within, without and front, wherever they are, in this month, they shall be no more.
I give you the right to manifest glory this month, your enemy will see it and be glad.
Every demon will be subject to u this month.
c JAWOM 2014

Disengaging the Enemy

READ: Matt 17: 14-21
MORE LESSONS : Ezra 8:21-23
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Philippians 1-4

Today I want to give you some weapons for disengaging the enemy and enforcing victory in any situation. Prayer is a weapon of mass destruction on the camp of the enemy. I believe that by prayer you can change night to day. When everything has failed, prayer will get the job done. Although Jesus is God, He always took time to pray while on earth and each time He stepped out of the place of prayer, something happened. When you add fasting to prayers, then things begin to happen at a high level. There are certain spiritual matters concerning which you won't get anywhere until you have engaged the power of fasting; this is a tested fact. No wonder Jesus started ministry only after 40 days of fasting and prayer. Another weapon is speaking in tongues. It is a powerful tool for disengaging the enemy. Many think speaking in tongues is a religious act to be done only in church or when believers are gathered around them. No, praying in the Holy Ghost is a weapon anywhere, anytime. When you pray in the Holy Ghost, fire is emitted out of you and that gets the whole kingdom of darkness confused.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Matt 3:11. The devil does not understand tongues because it is a direct interaction between you and God. When you engage speaking in tongues, you are not in charge anymore, the Spirit begins to instruct you on what has to be done about the situation. When matters are confusing and there seems to be no direction anymore, just go ahead and pray in the Holy Ghost. I was in a meeting where after we had prayed, sang and done everything, it looked as if the heavens were closed with brass. You could feel in the atmosphere that the presence of God was absent. When I was called up, I said, 'Lord, what do we do now? By inspiration, I said, 'Every one begin to pray in the Holy Ghost and if you can't speak in tongues just shout, ''The Blood of Jesus''. By the time we entered into that dimension of praying in tongues, a reknown deaf and dumb boy in the village joined us to speak in tongues. We brought him out and he started speaking in tongues into the microphone, then the whole meeting went into an uproar. People ran out of the meeting, went to their houses to call others and the whole atmosphere changed. Next time when all things seem hopeless and confusing, just open your mouth and pray in the Holy Ghost. It is not just ordinary speaking, it is fire!

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to baptise you with the Holy Ghost afresh.
* Ask God to rekindle His Spirit upon you in a double fold.
* Command every enemy's position in your life to be terminated today.

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The Weapon of Praise and Worship

READ: Ps 22: 3
MORE LESSONS: Acts 16: 23-40
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Judges 9-12

But Thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel: Psa. 22:3. Singing praises is a very powerful weapon for a believer. If you want to have a successful life, learn the power of praise and worship. When Paul and Silas were locked up in prison, prayer and praises brought the presence of God that broke their chains and threw open the prison doors. You can never overestimate the power of praise and worship. People say, 'When everything else fails, try praise'. Well, you'd better use praise first. Praise is not a trial and error thing; go for praises and your situations will surely turn around. Prayer rises to meet God but praises bring God out of His seat into your situation; and when God arrives, Power has arrived. Praising God is a great weapon that can devastate the kingdom of darkness. Job complained that in all his crises no one said to him, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night: Job 35:10 (NKJV). That was because he later discovered that when you pass through a midnight situation of your life, singing praises brings you out of the impossibilities and destroys what the devil is doing in your life. All the time Job spent seeking out what sin he had committed and listening to different opinions, if he had spent it in praise and worship, I guess his crises would have been over much earlier.
There is a difference between praise and worship. Prophetic worship is about giving God His worth in a prophetic way even when the situation doesn't look good. You take your eyes from the situation and fix your gaze on the Almighty God, and begin to ascribe His worth and attribute His works to Him. You take a good look in your spirit at the Almighty God and begin to call Him by His names and His works. You may or may not be singing, dancing or clapping but you give God His due; that is prophetic worship. Nothing brings a man into the presence of the Lord faster than giving God prophetic worship. This is what Jehoshaphat and the children of Israel did and won the battle without fighting (II Chro. 20: 14-30). When you enter into prophetic worship, in the heart of the strangest situation of life, you become a spectator in your battle. God Himself comes down and takes over your affairs.

Prayer/Action
* Rise up and praise God in a prophetic worship and with songs of praise.
* T ell God you will never stop praising Him even in all your challenges.
* Pray that as you worship God today, the enemy’ s work against you shall be dismantled.
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