Prayer Warfare

Text: Psalm 35: 1
More Lessons: I Thes. 1:6
Bible Reading in one Year: Jeremiah 3-5

A long time ago, I confronted some demonic people in a village and then they came to my window and cried a traditional song called the dirge- a song for the dead. I grew up partly in a traditional environment so I know what it means when they come to sing a dirge for a living person; they were indirectly telling me, 'You are a dead man!” I didn't keep quiet; I called my wife to be a witness as I pronounced judgment on the man that sang the song. I said, 'The man that did this will die in 21 days.' That man did not survive it. If I kept quiet and folded my hands, maybe you will not have the preacher that I am today.
In Psalm 35, David uttered some prayers against his strong enemies that sought to destroy his life. Plead my cause oh Lord with them that strive with me. Fight against them that fight against me.... These prayers are written in the Scripture, which reveal God's will and are authored by the Holy Spirit. So it is God's will to raise spiritual altars of prayer and fight those who fight you. It is God's will to come to your help by using His shield, buckler and spear against those that seek to destroy your soul. Some people say that this type of prayer of warfare is wrong and it is prayed only some believers and denominations that are fanatical.

It is scriptural to wage war in prayers to destroy anything that wants to destroy you. You should activate the scriptures over your life by confessing and praying scriptures of warfare against everything working against you and then your joy, gladness and prosperity will come. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long: Ps 35:26-28.

When you wage war in prayers and overcome, then your joy and prosperity come and your prayer of warfare becomes prayers of praise. You have a right in God to send back to sender any arrow an enemy sends again you. In fact, if they shoot you in one way, tell God to shoot them in seven ways: The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways: Deut 28:7.

Prayer / Action
*Give thanks to God for being the Father that can defend His children.
* Pray that no enemy will gain an upper hand against you in destiny.
Use the following scriptures in prayer today at either 10 am, 12 noon, 1pm or 6pm -Psa.35:1, Psa. 18:29, 37-44.

Share

A Good Result

Text: Heb.11:2
More Lessons: Gen. 1:31
Bible Reading in One Year: Jeremiah 1-2

Good results are positive impacts and achievements. The issue is about having something to show for your labour, being outstanding among equals; it is achieving, prevailing, impacting, conquering and being a champion. The word 'good' denotes that there are certain achievements in life that are negative. This implies that not every result is positive; there are results people call good but which are not. For example, it is good to be wealthy but a man who made money by dubious means does not have a good result. Bagging a first class degree is a good result but a first class got by cheating is not a good result. Having good result is not just in having an achievement but in having an achievement that is positive.
It is possible to have good result. The best things should be done by God's children; electricity, cars, the telephone and many other scientific exploits were by Christians. The best universities in the world started as Christian universities. The best university today on this side of Africa is a private Christian university. The first private university in Nigeria was established by a Christian bishop.

Being a Christian is not about living pitiably. The God you serve is not one to be pitied, so you must not be. Redemption, salvation and righteousness are about showing off the beauty and glory of your God who created the sun, the moon, the stars. We are called to represent the glory of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who calls those things that be not as though they were, and they answer Him. The whole of creation is a proof of a God of good result. This beautiful world, including you, is a product of Jehovah's good result, for you are beautifully and wonderfully made.

Therefore, His greatest desire is that all His products will also in turn be a source of good result. He wants you to do great things; be an inventor, a ruler , a great mover, an achiever (III Jn. 2). He has also given you promises on how to achieve this: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not: Jer .33:3. The age of thinking that Christianity is for mediocrities and the weak has passed: therefore, think great, act great, prepare great. Go for the great things from today and I see God helping you to achieve them according to His promise: Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great...: Job 5:25.

Prayer / Action
* Before you go out today, anoint yourself for good result, breakthrough and help.
* Prophesy to your destiny to stay above every spirit of smallness.
* Ask the Spirit of God to fall upon you today and produce a God-kind of life.
* Proclaim yourself a celebrity in destiny by the power of God.

Like and share!

The Royal Wedding Gown

Text: Matt.22:2-13
More Lessons: Rev. 16:15
Bible Reading in one Year: 2 Timothy 1-4

Wedding day is a very important day and event of life. Everyone’s wish is to make it special and memorable; everything has to be beautiful and grand. Moreover, what the bride and groom wear really matters. Wedding day is not a time to be nude and indecent as some people think.

Part of a tract about a girl who was privileged to do her wedding shopping in the US reads: “I tried up to five beautiful wedding gowns before making my final choice. I settled for a tube-like gown that had a small jacket on it”. That night, she had a dream that a man in a silk robe sat in front of her and began to chat her up.
Stranger: Why did you choose that wedding gown?
Me: It was the one that fitted me best.
Stranger: Do you know that half of your breasts was revealed when you wore it?
Me: But there is a jacket to cover the exposed part of my breast.
Stranger: When you get to the reception, will you not remove the jacket?
Me: Removing the jacket at the reception is the fun of the gown.
Stranger: With your breasts out for public consumption?
Me: But we would have left church.
Stranger: At the reception, will there not be unbelievers there who will blaspheme my name? Those who will say, “See what she is wearing, and she calls herself a Christian”
Me: People don't think like that anymore, moreso it is this tube-like gown that are reigning now.
Stranger: You seem to be adamant on wearing the tube.... What if I ask you to return it and pick a decent one, that covers the upper part of your body?
Me: But I like this one I'm not sure I want o return it
Stranger: You are my precious daughter and I know you would not like to hurt me just as I would not like to hurt you.
Me: Who are you, please?
Stranger: I am the Holy Spirit, and your body is my temple, holy and I will keep my temple your marriage holy. I will also keep your body holy. If you insist on wearing it, can you cope with breast cancer?
I woke up sweating. By mid-day, I returned the gown to pick one that would not expose my breast.

In that shop, she met the daughter of a very popular king in Nigeria, who did not even go to the section of tube styles. When she asked her why she did not try the tube styles, she said, “My father says that royalty does not dress indecently”. This story teaches some eternal lessons. from the Holy Spirit: 1) Royalty does not dress indecently. 2) Every believer is born of King Jesus and so is royal.

Prayer / Action
* Repent of all forms of indecency whether in word or in deed.
* Ask God to purge you of every mentality that is inconsistent with the divine royalty in Christ Jesus.
* Declare that your mind is conformed to the mind of Christ.

Like and share!

God's Best

Text: Col. 1:9-12
More Lessons: Matt. 6:32-33
Bible Reading in one Year: 1 Timothy 4-6

Immediately man was created, God gave him His best as we can see in Gen.1:26-30. Man was not supposed to struggle to have the best of all things. But immediately sin entered into the garden, man lost the divine provision. Moreover through the sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross to save mankind from eternal destruction, all God's provision was channelled through the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is only those who are in Christ Jesus that can have God's best. Being in Christ is belonging to God's Kingdom on earth. And all of God's provision is accessed through the Kingdom principles. God has given the believer all he needs, but he can only have them through Christ Jesus.

Here are some of the things the believer can do to access the fullness of all that God has for him/her. The believer must:

a. Have a good and fertile heart. What you get from the Word of God depends on the response of your heart.

b. Must not settle for less; the fullness of God's provision must be enjoyed by the believer (Heb. 12:15-17). And we can only have them through our knowledge and by constantly appropriating the promises.

c. Focus on Jesus: ever y serious believer must know that there may be times of difficulties or hardship in the process of following but we must persevere and hold unto Christ (Heb.12:1-2), filling your heart and mind with the word of God.

d. Mediate on God's Word, daily so that the believer's mind and spirit can be filled with God's Word (Josh. 1:8, Psa. 1:1-3).

e. Make friends with the Holy Spirit who always wants to be intimate with believers; and as we open up to Him we can enjoy His love and help (John 16:12-15, Rom. 8:14).

f. Hear and obey God's voice promptly. As God speaks to us, those who want to enjoy His promises must obey God's instruction without delay (Exo. 15:26, Deut. 28:1-2).

g. Be careful how and what you hear in order to have a consistent spiritual growth (Mk. 4:23-25, II Tim. 2:16-18).

h. Make sure your priorities are right by being in the spirit and always seek directives and clarification from God and godly men.

i. Let God choose for you. When the believer allows God to choose for him in all things, he is bound to always choose right.

j. Give God your best and have God's best without struggle. All of God can be ours if all of us can be God's.

To have God's best, you must put the eternal before the temporal.

Prayer / Action
* Pray that your life will not go less than God’s best for you, in Jesus name.
* Ask for grace to abide in Christ and do His perfect will everyday.