The Secret Place of the Most High

Saturday 2 January
READ: Psalm 91:1-16
MORE LESSON:Isa. 54:14-17

There is a place of constant and unfailing safety and security in life; it is the secret place of the Most High. This is the place that is beyond the reach of all evil. I want you to know that safety in life doesn't come from the armed forces, it comes from staying in the shadow of the Almighty. When God is your refuge and your fortress, He delivers you from the snare of the fowler, and the noisome pestilence. You don't have to be afraid of the terror by night and the arrow by day. You will not be touched by the pestilence that moves around in darkness or the destruction that wastes at noonday. You will notice that the Scripture doesn't say there won’t be snares, wasting, destruction, pestilence and terror. It says they will always happen but it gives you the assurance that evil will not come near you and your family because you live in the secret place of the Most High.

As a ministry and commission, the Lord has given us the assurance of this scripture as a yearly prophetic declaration for many years now and it has never failed. Therefore know that you are covered by the shadow of the Almighty and no evil can happen to you. Angels of God are assigned from above to watch and guard you. So you have a security system that is superior to that provided by the police and military. Soldiers have their own troubles that keep them busy as well but the angels are up to the task of securing you. Your help and security are from above, not abroad. The language that I want you to speak hence forth is, I have help from the Lord. No matter what, say to yourself, I have help. When the enemy comes roaring, tell him, No shaking, I have help. You have help because you dwell in the secret place of the Most High.

The last three verses of Ps 91 tell you what your portion is as evil goes on rampage around the world, Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him My salvation: Psa. 91:14-16.

God says He will set you on high and when He does, you can't be shaken. He promises to answer you when you call upon Him; that is assuring you of His help. He says He will be with you and deliver you. What a wonderful assurance from the God that cannot lie. To crown it all, He says He will satisfy you with long life and show you His salvation. Shout a loud “Amen” to the prayer.

Prayer/Action
Take five (5) verses from Psa. 91 and proclaim them over yourself, your family, church and nation.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Jehovah God, You are the Owner and Ruler of 2016, let not my enemies rule my new year, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Happy 2016-His Domain

Friday 1 January

Congratulations, through it all, you have made it to the new year, 2016.

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. Psa. 103:1-22

Looking back, it is clear that only God could have brought us into 2016. Therefore, Bless the LORD, all his works…. : Psa. 103:22(a). Note the next word, …in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. Wherever you are at home or abroad, hospital or cinema, in or out of prison, in pleasure or pain, celebrating or mourning, Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

And not only in all places but in all places of his dominion. The phrase “places of his dominion” is the reason why you can bless the Lord no matter your state or location. Whatever is happening in the places of His dominion must end well, even if it is not well presently. His dominion is the place of His domain and nothing that makes for sorrow, defeat, affliction, delay, dejection, darkness or evil can ever prevail in His domain. Make 2016 a complete season of His domain and a year of moving forward will be yours in everything.

1. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 . Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3 . The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4 . The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8. Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. Psa. 114:1-8.

Because Judah and Israel was His dominion, “the sea saw it and fled”: Jordan was driven back. That is the power of His dominion and that is why the power of His domain is the reason why everything in His domain must bless Him.

Make God your priority this year and don't be an absentee church member. Pay your tithes, offerings and give seeds; live holy, evangelise and let God be seen in all you do. In that way you will be God's domain and I guarantee you, in God, that this will be for you a year of moving forward and the best of all years. Congratulations and welcome to 2016!

Now pray that:
* You shall be a place of God's abode this year.
* As God's domain all seas and mountains shall skip before you this year.
* By the reason of being God's domain, no one, born of a woman shall be able to stop you this year. You will move forward, in the name of Jesus.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
My Father, the Owner and Creator of times and seasons, thank You for the gift of 2016, in Jesus mighty name.

The Mystery of Praise

Thursday 31 December
READ: Psa. 150:1-6
MORE LESSON: Psa.103:1

It doesn't matter what you are going through right now, if only you dare to praise the Lord, I tell you it is only a matter of time before the Hosts of Heaven will visit your life with power and deliverance. The original Hebrew word translated “Lord” in the anchor text is ad-o-noy' and it suggests “the controller, master or commander of an army or troop”. This is why we often see the same word appear in other scriptural texts as Lord of hosts or Lord of the heavenly hosts. So when we offer praises, it is the Lord God of the armies of Heaven that arises on our behalf.

The hosts of hell cannot stand the slightest sway from the Lord of the armies of Heaven. No wonder at Jericho, God instructed His people to make a shout of praise and as soon as they did, the walls of that great city came crumbling down because the Lord and His hosts of armies came into the scene. We see the same manifestation of the Lord and His hosts when in the prison where Paul and Silas were chained, at the sound of their prayers and praises, there was a great earthquake. The gates flung open and the chains and shackles fell loose from their hands and feet. If you must experience the mighty touch and transforming power of God in your life, you must consciously cultivate the heart of praise, I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psa.34:1.

The heart of praise is one that is persuaded that the Lord deserves the praise irrespective of what is going wrong in the immediate surrounding or who is looking on, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose: Rom.8:28. He who offers praise is fully persuaded at the promise of God. The Bible says in Heb.10:23b, …for he is faithful that promised. That's why he who praises can go to sleep in a storm because the Lord of hosts says in Heb.13:5b, ... I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

There are two categories of praise offered in the Kingdom of God: conditional praise and unconditional praise. The power, provision and protection of the Lord of hosts are always at the disposal of people with unconditional praise on their lips. We were created to give God praise. And as we do what we were created to do, God does for us what gives Him pleasure to do: to intervene in the matters of your life! Praise him NOW!

Prayer/Action
* Pray for God’s visitation as you praise Him.
* Pray that as you praise God, He will sink every wall of Jericho around you.
* Ask God to help you praise Him in every situation.
* Ask for the spirit of praise and thankfulness.
Sing a song to Jesus today, dance and praise Him.
Shout Hallelujah.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Goodbye 2015, all your negatives I leave behind, the goodness I carry on and I prophesy my future years greater and sweeter than 2015, in the name of Jesus.

Prophesy God's Word

Wednesday 30 December
READ: Dan 9: 1 – 3
MORE LESSON: Isa. 34: 16

Have you ever been in a meeting where God is giving Word of knowledge about people's cases and it looks as if your own case is always never mentioned? You might even feel as if God doesn't care about you as the servant of God keeps calling forth people's cases but is silent on yours. I want you to know that God loves you and He has given a word about you; you just need to know where to look. God in the Bible has already spoken a word for every human being in the world. Even if a word of prophecy does not come directly to you from the altar for that situation you are going through, God has spoken concerning you ahead of time in the Scripture. So, read the Bible, pick up the prophecies and personalize them. As long as you fulfill the conditions that are attached to the prophecies, God will bring them to pass in your life.

You have the right to hold every Scripture promise as tightly and personally as you would hold a word brought by an angel who has your name written on his forehead, and directly taps or calls you by name in the midst of all the congregation to give you a prophecy. That is what Daniel did; he picked up a word from the scriptures and presented it to the Lord. He reminded God of the word of prophecy that had gone ahead of the exile of Israel to say that after 70 years they would be brought back to their land. He read it in the scrolls, took it personally and started praying it till it happened to him and all the children of Israel. God has made a lot of promises ahead of us. All we have to do is to pick them up and declare them to His hearing.

There are many prophecies for you in the Bible. If no one has told you that you will be wealthy and great in the future, go to Deut. 28 : 12 - 13. It says that you shall lend and not borrow, you will be the head and not the tail. That word is personally for you; put your name on it and prophesy it to yourself. The Word of God is real prophecy. Rev 19:10 says . . . for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Jesus, the Word of God is the essence of prophecy. Even if a prophecy is spoken to you, it must agree with the Word of God. If it contradicts the Word, then it is not from the Spirit of the Lord. If it is a dream or vision you had, you still have to go and search the Bible for the scriptures to substantiate it. The Word is the ultimate; go for it and prophecy it to your life.

Prayer/Action
* Read through Deut.28:1-14 and pick a relevant promise to meet your need, then prophesy it to your life,
When done, take up a song of praise and give God thanks for that promise and for the power for its fulfillment it in your life.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I connect with the spirit of last minute miracle of 2015 and I receive all the arrears of my blessings, in the name of Jesus.