Blessed Indeed

Tuesday 8 March
READ: Lk. 19:1-9
MORE LESSON: 1 Sam. 12:3-4

Recently, I noticed a common misconception of what exactly a blessing is and who can be said to be blessed. This argument, I observe, is both within and outside the Church of Jesus Christ.
Before you proclaim your marriage a blessing, ask yourself how you entered into the marriage. Who did you push out to come in? What lie did you tell to get your partner? The number of children you have is not the first test but ask yourself whether you have paid the dowry. Is there a hidden unconfessed matter about your marriage?
Before you declare your bank account or business a blessing, let us ask you, Who did you cheat to get the money? It is not how many cars are in your compound that define your blessing but how they came. How much of what you have can you truly account for? It does not matter how philanthropic and generous you are. Anything that has a lie attached to it cannot bring a lasting joy and it is also not a true blessing.
We are not doubting the possibility of true riches or enduring happiness (blessing) but the source determines its worth. Happiness that does not originate from God will not last and therefore cannot be said to be a true blessing.
Apostle Paul, writing to the Philippians, says, Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, … whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things: Phil.4:8. Every acquisition without a root in God will end like Zacchaeus’ who thought he was a blessed man until he met Jesus and discovered that he had been living on stolen things. Thank God he was granted mercy.

Prayer/Action
* From a sincere heart ask God for forgiveness and mercy over any questionable “blessings” in your possession.
* Ask for the help of God to shun questionable gifts and offers no matter the attraction and need.
* Ask God for riches that is devoid of the enemy’s addition.
* Command the release of godly blessings that add no sorrow.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I shall walk in the light of His Word and nothing shall by any means offend my destiny, in the name of Jesus.

True and False Repentance

Monday 7 March
READ: II Cor. 7:8-11
MORE LESSON: II Cor. 5:17

One of the reasons we have what is generally called fake/false believers in Church today is because of false repentance. A lot of people merely raise their hands in response to altar calls in church or crusade ground, start going to church as regularly as they can and even join church workforce and that is all. We then begin to call them believers until they start showing their true colour; then we say they are false brethren. I think it is an undue honour in the first place to call them brother/sister, because they are never truly saved in the first instance. True repentance involves a change of life, For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death: II Cor. 7:10. True repentance has to do with changing your view of what sin actually is. To a true believer, sin is not a pleasure but an act of disobedience to God which has grave consequences. When this change of opinion produces a corresponding change of feelings, and one’s opinion is that sin is disobedience and not a pleasure, this is true repentance. Paul the apostle called it …godly sorrow…. II Cor. 7:10. To one who truly repents, sin looks very different when compared to him who has not repented.
To a truly repented man, sin does not look desirable or fascinating, it looks odious and detestable. In fact, a truly repented person remembers his old acts of sin with great sadness and sorrow; a false convert will publicly sin but inwardly wonder why and struggles with disobedience. Repentance is first a matter of the heart, hating the nature of sin and then followed by a change. I think where someone professes to be saved and yet argues with Christian character, he has a problem with the foundation. Every truly repented believer must have no problem accepting and obeying God's law of righteousness. Ask yourself, Have I truly repented of my sins or am I just a camouflage Christian? Remember, there is no sinning Christian in Heaven, you are either a sinner or a Christian.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that the marks of a sinner will not be found in your life as a believer.
* Pray that you will be a true example of the life of Jesus here on earth.
* Release the Spirit of Christ-likeness upon your life.
* Check your wardrobe and your heart, whatever makes you look like an Egyptian, remove it today.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
The strength of sin and error is hereby broken over me today by the blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ mighty name.

Destroying the Waster 1

Saturday 5 March
READ: Mark 5:25-34
MORE LESSON: Psa. 91:3-7

A waster is anything that enters into something and reduces it to nothing. Wasters devour bit by bit till something is reduced to nothing.
1.Sickness is a waster. A woman had an issue of blood plaguing her for twelve years and it devoured her strength, wealth and physical body. The Bible records that she spent all she had on hospital bills and she was not better. I have seen people who were rich become impoverished by the entrance of a sickness into their lives. In the name of Jesus, sickness is forever banned from your life and everything that pertains to you.
2. Death is a Waster. Many promising destinies have been truncated by death. There was a young man sometimes ago who took over his father's newspaper company. At the age of 35, he was a vibrant and hardworking man who everyone was sure would go far in life. He loved to play basketball which he had played for years. It was just announced one day that he collapsed on the basketball court and died. People were trying to reason out what caused the death. It was nothing but the operation of the waster. I decree prophetically over your life that untimely death is far from you and your loved ones. You shall not be wasted by death, in Jesus’ name.
3. Curses are Wasters. There are diabolical spells and pronouncements upon a man that work against his prosperity in whatever he does. Poverty is a waster; it reduces a man to a liability in destiny.
I have brought you the Word of God against every waster in your destiny. According to the word of the Lord in the book of Psalms 91: 6, you shall not be touched by the waster that wastes by day and the one that wastes by night. All forms of wasters whether physical, financial or spiritual are banned from your destiny as long as you dwell in the secret place of the Most High. Today is the end of all wasters small and great, known and unknown in your life, in Jesus’ name.
In Bible times, lepers were not allowed to live among the people. They were separated to a place where they wasted away. The worst thing that could happen to a priest was to be caught with leprosy. A priest and servant of God with a small stain of leprosy was immediately removed. This was what happened to Gehazi in the Bible and his glorious destiny was wasted.
4. Sin is a waster: Sin is spiritual leprosy. The greatest waster in destiny is sin. This is the reason you should repent of every sin in your life and hand over your life to Jesus. Let Him wash you in His blood so that every waster in your destiny will be destroyed. It is well with you, in Jesus’ name.
This year, the waster shall not have a memorial over you, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I break the power of the waster over my life and family.
* Whatever wastes others shall not have dominion over my life, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I banish the hands of the enemy out of this day and I release God’s mighty hand upon it, in the name of Jesus.

Destroying the Waster 2

Sunday 6 March
READ: Prov. 18: 9
MORE LESSON: Prov.12:27

A waster is what makes a destiny to be reduced to nothing. When a waster is present in a man's life, it devours the life till it becomes zero. Wasters could be at work in a man's life as we have shown yesterday but also a man could be a waster himself. A waster is something or someone that is there to take but has nothing to add. So there are some things in a man's life that make the man to be a waster himself. I declare war against everything that causes waste in your life, in Jesus’ name.
I have found that certain things turn a man to a waste. These are things you must cast out of your life by force.
1. Un-thankfulness: An ungrateful person is a waster. All that is spent on him seems to be wasted as what the giver gets in return is more complaint, murmuring and slander. A Nigerian proverb says that when a man gives good and the recipient is ungrateful, the man feels as if the good was stolen from him. Apostle Paul listed un-thankfulness among the evils that will reign in the end-time (2 Tim 3: 1- 2). A marriage was wasted because the wife could no longer live with the ingratitude of the husband. Friend, please be a grateful person. Don't be useful for nothing.
2. Laziness: People who never get themselves to work at anything are wasters. Wasters can gossip, sleep, play and watch entertainment from dawn to dusk without doing any productive thing. The Bible says, He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster: Prov 18:9. Laziness and wasteful living are brothers. I rebuke laziness in your destiny, in Jesus’ name.
3. A beggarly life: People who are always begging around live a wasted life. When a man lives a life of ever asking and never giving, he is opening the door for a wasted life. A mindset that wants everything for nothing is a mindset of waste. It doesn't matter how little you have now, cultivate a lifestyle of giving and not begging. Some people beg so much that they beg for what is harmful to them. When my father was alive in the village, he had a habit of taking a pill for headache periodically. Even when he didn't have a headache, sometimes he would just take a few pills and swallow. There was a man that used to come visiting our house and if he was around when my dad took his habitual pill, he would just stretch his hand and say, 'please give me too.’
4. Pride: Prov 16:18 says, Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. A proud person is treading the path of a wasted destiny. You must not allow any iota of pride in your heart.
Today everything that brings waste is terminated in your destiny, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Father, I cast out of my life every character that wastes a man’s destiny.
* In the name of Jesus, my destiny shall not be reduced to nothing.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Whatsoever operates against me this month by flying shall lose their wings, the ones that walk shall be crippled and the ones in the waters shall be dried up, in the name of Jesus.