Your Footstool

Tuesday 19 January
READ: Psa. 110: 1 – 3
MORE LESSON: Heb 10: 12 - 13

God promised man after the Fall that the Seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent. This means that the Seed will have His foot on the serpent's head and crush its head. This prophecy is about the coming of Jesus who would come to save the people from their sins, deliver them from the rule of satan and thereafter fill them with His Holy Spirit so that they can begin to rule over the enemy. Jesus is Emmanuel; God with us, always empowering us to rule and dominate the enemies.

When Jesus came, He took back the seat of authority that satan took from Adam, then with great impact from that high chair, He landed his foot on the devil's head. Jesus then invited as many as would believe and receive Him to come sit with Him on the throne and together all would put their feet on the devil's head. The devil, I believe, is regreting ever daring the Seed of man. All the deceit and power that satan had on earth was not sufficient to save him in his defeat by Jesus Christ. Today, the devil is again defeated in your life, in the name of Jesus Christ.

You can now enjoy the dominion that man enjoyed in the Garden of Eden because you have been restored to the seat of dominion through Christ. This is the prophecy that David made in Psalms 110 when he said, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool: Psa. 110:1. He was referring to Jesus Christ and as many as believed in Him. As a believer in Christ, you are raised up together with Him seated together in heavenly places with Him (Eph 2: 6). So you are seated where Christ is, and do you know where Christ is seated? He is seated at God's own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet...: Eph 1:21-22. This is where you are seated with Him and so everything – including the devil - is under your feet with Him. This is the promise of God to you. There is no room for weakness and fear, afflictions and sickness are gone. You are seated with Jesus, the devil cannot sit on you, he is your footstool. Glory to God! Go forth today crushing the head of the devil everywhere you meet him using the authority that you have through the name of Jesus.

Prayer/Action
* Bless the Lord for the position He has put you.
* Exercise your authority over every satanic embarrassment in your life.
* Plead the blood of Jesus on your household today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
My life and destiny shall remain a mystery that cannot be tracked by my enemy in 2016, in the name of Jesus

Your Personal Altar of Prayer

Monday 18 January
READ: 1 Sam 1: 9 - 18
MORE LESSON: Mk.1:35

God can do anything for you if you will call upon Him. Men seek for results in everything they do but they neglect the tool that God has put in place for them to get result. Prayer is God's ordained means for His children to get solutions from Him for their problems. It means, therefore that any man who refuses to pray rejects results. Conversely, one who wants to succeed through God must be ready to pray. This is the reason God didn't mince words in saying, Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not: Jer. 33: 3.

God has made a promise that if you call on Him, you will receive answer. Prayer is calling God; it is making a demand on God. Your personal altar of prayer is the place where you can generate all the results that you need in life. Jesus would climb the mountain in the night and spiritually lay hold on all the result He wants for the day. When the day breaks, He steps out and sickness, demons, religious hypocrites and every other circumstance begin to bow before Him. The problem with many believers is that the prayer they pray in church is the beginning and end of their prayer life. Corporate prayer in church is vital and is necessary for your growth and success in destiny but it cannot take the place of your personal altar.

A brother, who was afflicted by ulcer 
once shared a testimony of how he heard me preach that you could stir God's heart to do things for you. He laid down an offering and told God to heal him. We prayed a corporate prayer in church and the service ended. But after the service, he decided to personally build on what has been done in church. So he didn't go home after church but moved into one of the classrooms in our school and prayed until the power of God fell on him and the ulcer disappeared right there.

Hannah had been going to Shiloh to seek God in the corporate assembly. But one day, when she became determined to get results, she stayed behind when everybody had gone home and took the issue personal with her Maker. She prayed persistently at her personal altar to God. This was what attracted the priest Eli to her. She cried to the Lord like a drunken woman till the hearts of God and man were moved. So, the prophet declared to her, Go in peace and the God of Israel grant thy petition: verse 17. You need to have an altar of personal fervent prayer like the prayer of Hannah. It is a prayer that doesn't take no, it continues until something is done. God will do something by His power for everyone who earnestly calls upon His name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to send fresh fire upon your altar.
* Repent of all negligence of your personal, intimate relationship with God.
* Promise God that you will never neglect fellowship with Him again.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I am a seed of Abraham, the root of David and the offshoot of Jesus; no man born of a woman shall be able to uproot me from the land of the living in 2016, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Valuing the Word of God

Sunday 17 January
READ: Mark 6: 1 - 6
MORE LESSON: Matt 13: 13 – 17

It is a very dangerous thing to become too familiar with the Word of God because then it loses its potency in your life. Many people stay in church year after year and attend meeting after meeting but they get nothing out of it because they do not take the Word serious. It is not that the Word of God has lost its power; it is that such people take it lightly. God gives His Word and teachings and some just accumulate revelations upon revelations and they never put them to use; when you put so many bulbs in one place and you do not allow the light to express itself through any outlet, it becomes blinding. That is what has happened to many Christians who have become blinded by many revelations and their lives lack reality because they never put the Word to use; they only keep accumulating head knowledge.

Most ministers of the gospel have noticed that the same teachings and declarations that they proclaim to their congregation without results bring amazing results and testimonies when they go out. It is risky to get so used to God's servants that you make light of what they say. This is one of the reasons destinies are remoulded, people promoted and lives changed and it looks as if some are being left out. The best thing you can do for your destiny is to always take the Word of God and His servants with maximum esteem.

God Himself walked the earth and touched many lives but there were those who didn't benefit from Him. They made light of Jesus Christ saying, Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him: Mark 6:3. He came and saved people from their sins but some people are still waiting for the Messiah up till today; they missed their hour of visitation because of familiarity.

Today, I have come to charge you to hold each word that comes from the Lord with great esteem; whether the word comes through His servants or in your personal study, celebrate it and honour it, For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them: Matt. 13: 17. It is your time for a positive change as you honour God's Word and go out to put it to use.

Prayer/Action
* Receive grace to take God’s Word and His servants with maximum esteem, in Jesus’ name.
* Receive a positive change as you honour God and His servants today, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I declare that the heavens and the earth will not rest until my blessings reach me this year, in the name of Jesus.

The Seed of Abraham

Saturday 16 January
READ: Luke 13:16
MORE LESSON: Gen 22: 15 - 18

Jesus walked into the synagogue one Sabbath day and saw a woman bent by infirmity. Jesus decided to heal her despite the opposition from the religious leaders. The reason that Jesus gave for her to deserve healing was that she was a daughter of Abraham. That talks about relationship; an Israelite is a son or daughter of Abraham and singularly by that relationship he/she has some rights with the God of Abraham which an outsider doesn't have. This is what Jesus was referring to when the Canaanite woman approached Him for healing for her daughter (Matt 15: 26 – 27). Jesus made her understand that the blessing she sought was primarily for those that were related to the covenant of Abraham. Although she persisted and, out of mercy, the Lord gave her what she wanted, the fact still remains that it is only through relationship that one can get the best out of God.

There are blessings that are default to you when you are connected in viable relationship to the Lord. Among them is that your enemies bow at your feet; those that curse you are cursed and those that bless you are blessed. The blessing of Abraham flows to every child of Abraham; this is what worked for Mordecai against Haman who was working against him. Haman wanted to annihilate the children of Israel but even his wife warned him that if Mordecai was a seed of Abraham, anyone who worked against him would pay for it with his life (Esther 6: 13).

Being a seed of Abraham, in our own era of the New Testament, talks about having a father-son relationship with God. It means that you have God as your father through the blood of Jesus. It is not about becoming a church member or even being a church worker. It is not about being born into a Christian home or being a pastor's child. It is about having a definite encounter with God. You decide to confess your sin, accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour and you begin to walk with God personally. When you are the seed of Abraham, things begin to work out for you.

Friend, when you become a son or daughter of Abraham, excellence becomes a way of life. God will fight your enemies with plagues and even smite them dead like He did to Egypt for the sake of Israel-the seed of Abraham. Even though as a seed of Abraham you will face battles in life, you are sure of victory. The things that God will do for a man just because he/she is a seed of Abraham becomes your portion. Are you a seed of Abraham by faith? You can be one today by asking Jesus into your life as your Lord and Saviour.

Prayer/Action
* Thank the Lord because you are a seed of Abraham.
* Ask God that as Abraham’s seed, no privilege will be denied you, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask God for the grace to testify about Jesus to someone today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
He that feeds the birds of the air and the cattle on the thousand hills will not forget me in 2016, in the name of Jesus.