Distraction I

Text: I Kgs. 1 1:1-9
More Lessons: Matt. 16:21-23
Bible Reading in one Year: Jeremiah 41-44

Brethren, I urge you at this moment to vividly look at everything around your life, is there anything that stands as a distraction? Everything in your life that is taking your heart far away from God is a distraction. The most painful thing is that, sometimes a man is being distracted by the enemy and he doesn't know it. Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not: Hos. 7:9. The devil does not bring distraction to any mean man. He doesn't distract a fool because he is already in his net. He doesn't bother about a man whose focus is tampered with already. He doesn't worry himself about people who are already heading towards destruction but his utmost concern is about a focused child of God.

If you don't prepare against the day of distraction, the net of distraction will catch you. Distraction is like a man who went to market to buy soap to wash his clothes but as soon as he got there, he forgot what he went there to do. He began to pay attention to the noise of the market. He might end up buying sugar instead of soap. The aim of distraction is to completely change your primary aim; it is to give you fake and take the original away from you. That is why there is no man who wants to attain a higher level of success that the devil will not raise his ugly head against to bring him down by any means. You can never lose focus in life except you are first distracted. Distraction is one of the most powerful tools of the devil that he uses in destroying people's destiny. If he cannot distract you, he cannot get you.

What killed Solomon was distraction. If Solomon did not marry many wives, his heart wouldn't have been turned away from God. When Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God...: I Kgs. 11:4.

The reason why you are behaving the way you are behaving today is because something has distracted you away from God. The reason why you are no longer finding fulfilment in your destiny is because there are strange women that you have allowed in your destiny and except you chase them out by yourself, they will succeed completely in turning away your heart from God and make you zero.

Prayer / Action
* Ask God to help you stay on your purpose in life and destiny.
* Ask God to help you dismantle every picture before you that is a wrong direction for your life.
* Ask God to help you hear and see only things that are your purpose in life.

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Disengaging the Enemy

Text: Matt 17: 14-21
More Lessons: Ezra 8:21-23
Bible Reading in One Year: Jeremiah 37-40

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. 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 you which won't get anywhere with 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 people 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 in 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, two young ladies fell on the ground, rolling and shouting that they entered a blood covenant to disrupt our meeting just before coming. I have heard several more experiences of such divine interventions while speaking in tongues.

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! In fact, I recommend that you spend a minimum of one hour everyday just speaking in tongues start today.

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

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Plant your own Seed

Text: Gen. 8:22
More Lessons: Zech. 10: 1
Bible Reading in one Year: Jeremiah 33-36

It pleases Jehovah that we plant today what we want to harvest this year. We want to plant seeds of promotion, increase, appointment, jubilation, federal jobs, scholarship, fellowship, award, contract, breakforths and breakthroughs. How are we going by it? Just one way, we will announce it. Our seed planting is by announcement, by speaking, by prophetic declaration. Everyone will harvest what he or she has planted. Psa 81:10 (GNB) says …Open your mouth, and I will feed you: Pro 18:21 says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. That means every man reaps a harvest of the fruit with which he is fed, by the words of his mouth.

The passage we read says, while the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, … shall not cease. The earth remains and as a result seedtime shall not cease. If you don't sow, harvest is not expected. Seedtime implies that there is a time that sowing is done; there is a time to sow maize, that is the seedtime for maize and this also goes for other crops. A research on the topic: “Corn Planting and Harvest Seasons”, says that corn crops around the world have their unique production cycles of planting and harvest time frames. In the United States, corn crops are planted between April and June, and harvested between October and November. In China corn is planted mid- March through early June and harvested mid- August through October. And in Brazil, corn crops are planted early August through November and harvested February through May. This shows that each region has its own time for planting.

The seedtime is the set time and like the Psalmist said in Psa. 102:13 ... the set time is come. It means if Zion should miss that set time, they will have to wait for the cycle to return before they can be favoured. Also, in Zech. 10: 1, the Bible says, Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain. This further proves that there is a time that God has set aside for men to do things and if they are not aware of that time, they remain in their state of delusion. Jesus wept over Jerusalem and declared woe unto them because they didn't know the hour of their visitation.

There is a time for planting and I announce to you that today is your planting time. This is the time to plant, so open your mouth and begin to plant all the seeds you want to harvest this year.

Prayer / Action
* Raise a song of praise to God for being the God of harvest and thank Him for the opportunity to declare a Word.
Take a Scripture promise that is relevant to your request before God and confess it all through the day. Here are some: Isa. 45:1-3, Psa. 91:1-10, Psa. 121:1-8, 3Jn.2

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Prayer Pillars

Text: Acts 4:23-31
More Lessons: Jam.5:17-18
Bible Reading in One Year: Jeremiah 30-32

A pillar is a load carrier in a building or structure. Without strong pillars, a great house or structure cannot stand. A pillar, therefore, is the main strength of a structure. A pillar is called by whatever material it is made of, hence you have concrete pillar, pillar of cloud, pillar of prayer, wooden pillar, etc.
Like any strong building, the Church of Jesus needs strong pillars, one of which is prayer pillar. The prayer pillar in any church is the intercessor, individual or group. The New Testament Church did not survive without it and no church of God today can survive without it. A church is strong to the extent of its intercessors or individuals lifting the church or its pastors up in prayer because the work of God moves on the wings of intercession. Therefore, where there is no intercessor the work drags and suffers great setback no matter what else is done.

The glory of the New Testament Church is her prayer pillar. The early Church prayed:
1. in every watch hour (Acts 3:1).
2. as an apostolic band (Acts 4:23-31).
3. and the building shook (Acts 4:31).
4. and the earth quaked (Acts 16:25-26).
5. and the prison doors opened (Acts 12:1-11).
6. a without ceasing (Acts 6:4).
7. until something happened (Acts12:5).
8. and changed the world (Acts 17:6).

The greatest need of the Church today is that of men and women who will raise prayers up to Heaven for the Church and her pastors. Are you one of them? The recruitment exercise is still on; join those who lift Moses’ hands up and not those who criticise everything that is done in church. Whatever we do for the church or in a church building has eternal reward.

Prayer / Action
* Pray that God will use you as an intercessor to make a difference in your church and in the world.
* Pray that God will raise faithful intercessors to pray for your church, world evangelism and for your spiritual leaders.
* Make a covenant never to close your church service, family altar or personal prayer time without a prayer for your spiritual leader.

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