The Force of the Spirit 1

Tuesday 23 February
READ: 2 Cor. 4: 18
MORE LESSON:Heb 11:3

The universe operates on the basis of spiritual forces. There is the force of the Holy Spirit ruling the universe and there is the force of darkness prowling around devouring people. If you are ignorant of the reality of spiritual forces, the force of darkness will swallow you up. Whenever the Bible speaks about darkness, it is not talking about lack of electric power, it is talking about a tangible force that afflicts and confuses people. The force of the Holy Spirit is the force of light and where light shows up, darkness automatically disappears.
I want you to know that life is entirely spiritual and it is the spiritual that governs the physical. This is the reason we do not live life by the things that we see but the unseen ( 2 Cor. 4: 18). Breakthrough in life doesn't come by physical exertion or mental analysis; the distinguishing authority on the earth is the force of the Spirit. Enough of toiling without discernment in the physical, get spiritual and engage the Holy Ghost to intervene in your situation. Living is a struggle until you engage the force of the Spirit.
There was a time that a road in Zaria, Kaduna State where I live, between the University main gate and the Police gate always had people die there. No matter what measures were put in place, that road would claim lives every week. It continued and several physical measures were taken to no avail until one day, one brother in our church also had an accident at that same point; he narrowly missed death. It was then that the Lord told me to go take charge over that place. So I took my oil by twelve midnight and stood at the center of that road. I said, 'oh thou force and spirit that suck blood for sacrifice on this point, today I by the grace of God that is upon me, confront you to relocate from here and return to hell'. I anointed that spot with oil, entered my car and left. That was it, as far as that spot was concerned!
Also, at that time, students and lecturers were dying; a high ranking official lost his two sons in one day and then the professor living next to his house lost his two sons another day. There were obituaries of both students and lecturers everywhere. It was obvious that a dark force was let loose on that campus. The Lord spoke to me to engage the force of the Spirit to terminate what the enemy was doing. We organised a meeting and the Catholic, Protestants and what have you came together under one umbrella, the Vice Chancellor and high ranking officials sat down at the meeting. There are times when all qualifications need to be forgotten because only the force of the Spirit can help at that point. After the meeting, to the glory of God, the plague stopped.
Today, the force of the Holy Spirit will terminate every operation of wickedness in your life. That power is yours for the asking.

Prayer/Action
* By the Spirit of God, I lift up a standard against every force of darkness assigned against my life, home, career and church, in Jesus’ name.
* Every force of darkness perpetuating evil in my family, I command you to relocate from here and return to hell, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
In the name of Jesus, I shut the door against the devourer in my finances permanently today.

The Eternal Priest

Sunday 21 February
READ:Heb. 7:24-25
MORE LESSON: Psa. 110:3-4

The text for today, referring to Jesus, says, But this Man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them: Heb. 7:2-25. Priests are mediators between God and men; they take requests from men to God and bring the oracles of God to men. Every religion has an established form of priesthood by which they claim that their adherents can have access to God. Even in the Old Testament, there were many priests but they were always terminated by death; they died and could not function anymore.
However, Jesus the Great High Priest, unlike all the other earthly priests, could not be stopped by death. There are several reasons why only Jesus is qualified to be the only Mediator between God and man; the first reason being that He died, rose again and is still alive up till today and is going to still remain alive forevermore; so He lives forever to mediate for those that believe in Him. He has an eternal priesthood – no other priest qualifies on this count. Also, Jesus is sinless and doesn't have to offer sacrifices for His own sins before He atones for the sins of the people. No other priest also qualifies on this count - every other priest was born in sin.
This explains why Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me: John 14:6. Jesus is the only way to God: He is the only One qualified to mediate between God and man. He is the eternal priest who lives forever to intercede, forgive and save to the utmost those that believe in Him. I don't know who you have chosen as the priest over your life. You might even be living without any priestly coverage over you, but you surely need an advocate and mediator with the Father because, whether you like it or not, you have an accuser. Satan is the accuser that accuses you day and night. With Jesus, however, you are safe because He neutralises the ministry of the accuser by defending your case before the Lord.
You need Jesus, the eternal Priest, He who sits at the right hand of the Father to defend you and make sure you get safely to your eternal home. To accept Jesus as your priest; come to Him, confess your need of Him and receive Him as the Priest over your life and your position with God the Father is secure.

Prayer/Action
* Thank you Father for giving me Jesus as my High Priest.
* The High Priest has spoken favourably on my behalf to the Father, therefore, I shall not live in the guilt of my past, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I decree that the spirit of advancement and increase to take over from the spirits of retardation and reduction in every area of my life today, in the name of Jesus.

God Cannot Lie

Saturday 20 February
READ:Num. 23: 19
MORE LESSON: Titus 1: 2

It is impossible for God to lie; whatever He says must come to pass. If He made a promise to you; either through His written Word or spoken Word, He will definitely bring it to pass. Even when it looks as if the promise will not happen anymore, you just hold on to it because it will come to pass. Remember the word of Jesus, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away: Matt 24:35.
In Isa 7:14, God gave a word through Prophet Isaiah, Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah had been giving prophecies and they came to pass. But on that particular one, it seemed as if he missed it because time passed and no virgin gave birth. He lived and grew old and some people must have started saying that he lied; others would laugh and say 'the old man tried, it is just that he missed it on this one. Let's forgive him, at least there are others that he got right'.
You know, when a promise takes so long and it is not coming to pass, people start thinking it is a lie. In the lifetime of Isaiah till he died, it seemed as if he carried one reproach as the prophet who lied that a virgin would give birth and it never happened but he went to the grave
refusing to deny that God did speak to him. Isaiah died still insisting that God spoke to him and God cannot lie. The rest is history today; the prophecy still came to pass after Isaiah was long gone. God lived up to His Word.
I've declared the word of God before and it took so long like it would never happen but I refused to bother because I know God cannot lie. There was a time I prayed for a spiritual daughter of mine who had no child. As I prayed for her, I saw children surrounding her and I declared the word of the Lord. But do you know what happened after that? Her husband died! I prayed for her and again I saw children around her and declared it. She laughed and said, 'Daddy, is it children that I didn't have when I had a husband that I will have now that I am a widow?' I said that I don't know and I'm not bothered but I just speak as the Lord told me. The long and short of the story is that another man came and married her even though she wasn't young anymore. She has three children now.
God is not a man that He should lie (Num. 23: 19), whatever He has said concerning your life will come to pass, refuse to doubt.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to be true to His promises over you and your family.
* Father, I receive grace to wait for the performance of Your word in my life.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
The forces of favour and help will work together to bring my testimony today, in the name of Jesus

Just Believe

Friday 19 February
READ: 2 Kings 7:1-20
MORE LESSON: Isa 55: 8-9

I have noticed that the first step in walking in the miraculous is not to imagine how God will do something but just to believe it. When God gives you a word; you don't start calculating how it will come to pass; leave the calculations to Him. You just receive the final answer from Him. Such childlike faith is what is required for experiencing the miraculous.
There was a very sore famine in Israel and Elisha prophesied that by the morrow, food will be surplus. An economic expert and analyst in the king's cabinet reasoned that there was no way that could happen. The prophet told him that it would happen, he would see it but he would not partake of it. Things turned out just as the Lord had said.
There was a time in our church that some faithful final year brethren who were university students had so many carry-overs. I heard the Lord say that He would by-pass the natural law and graduate them, so I called them and prayed for them. I was ministering to them and I declared, 'go all of you and graduate'. I had no idea how that would happen because they were in the final semester and already had so many carry-overs that necessitated them to stay behind for an extra year or so. I didn't care how it would happen, I just believed what the Lord said and declared it.
Then suddenly something happened; the university announced that year that they were going to have what is called a third semester. It wasn't planned in the school calendar, it wasn't according to curriculum and it had never been done before. But the school decided there would be a third semester and students were free to register any pending course, write the exam and graduate that year with their mates if they pass. When I heard the news, I laughed because the university governing board sat down and agreed on a physical decision but unknown to them, they were responding to a spiritual arrangement .
Today, everything that God has promised your destiny receive performance in the name of Jesus Christ. Even when it looks as if it is impossible by human calculations, the creative power of the Holy Ghost will descend upon the promise of God on your life and bring it to pass, For with God nothing shall be impossible: Lk. 1:37.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, because I believe, nothing shall be impossible for me, in Jesus’ name.
* Prophesy that all things will work together for your good today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, You will satisfy me early this year with loving kindness, in the name of Jesus.