Honouring God's Prophets

Wednesday 15 June
READ: 2Chron. 20: 20
MORE LESSON: Gal 4: 13 - 15

when Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, was to fight the battle against many nations that joined forces against him, the word of the Lord came to him, ...believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established: believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper: 2 Chron. 20:20. In order to see what the Lord has promised concerning your life come to pass, it is important for you to believe in God, His Word and the vessel that He used to give you the Word. Some people have no problem when you tell them to believe the Lord; it is when you tell them that they have to believe and receive the prophet that God has set over them that they start giving excuses. So many Christians do not want to honour the prophets that God has placed over them; they claim that they honour God only and not men. There is no way you can honour God without giving adequate honour to the vessels He uses. You must not worship any man, and you must not give God’s glory to any man. But the Bible also makes it clear that your prosperity is linked to how much you believe and honour the servant of God over your life.
The Bible says to believe God’s prophet; that means to accept what he has said as the word of God and not the word of man. When you esteem the word of God’s servant lightly as mere opinion of man, you will never be blessed of God through him. The problem with many is that they are too familiar with the pastor; they knew him from home; they were even his senior in secondary school. So they don't want to kneel down for prayers or pay tithes to him. This is the reason their sickness, affliction and problems have persisted. If you want a change in your life, you have to believe in the Lord so that you will be established, but in addition to that you need to believe His prophet, so that you can prosper.
You can only be blessed by the grace that you honour. I have seen people enter into the miraculous cheaply by just believing and honouring the words of the pastor, such that the pastor who declared the word himself was surprised at the degree of manifestation that came out of what he said. They believed the pastor more than the pastor believed in himself and the God of the pastor did wonders in their lives, Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me. If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs. And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded: Matt. 10:40-42 (NLT).
Prayer/Action
* Lord, I believe You, establish me, I believe your prophet, so prosper me.
* Ask the Lord to confirm the words of His servant over your life.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Oh Lord arise in Your mercy and remove every embargo placed on my destiny by the Goliath of my father’s house, in the name of Jesus.

Rest

Tuesday 14 June
READ: Heb. 4:1-11
MORE LESSON: Heb. 3:15-19

The children of Israel had been wondering around battered and beaten in the wilderness for years. They left Egypt and were headed to the promised land of Canaan. Many died on the way because they disbelieved, complained and refused to walk by God's principles. Eventually, the little children grew up and were led into the place of rest by Joshua. Our text today shows that beyond the rest that Joshua led the children of Israel into, there is an additional rest that God has prepared for His children.
There is a rest from struggles, labour, troubles, financial crisis, family problems and matrimonial troubles. However, for you to enter into this rest, you must believe in the ability of God. Faith is the key that opens the door to your place of rest, the problem is that many 'believers' don't believe, they are doubters and rationalisers. For example, God says that there is a place of financial rest but He wants you to be a giver to enter in; He wants you to give your tithe, offering and other kingdom seeds.
One person believes and gives till he enters financial rest while another starts asking questions how he will fare if he removes from his salary that is not even enough; he also wants to know what the church does with all the tithes that people have been giving. So he continues in financial toil. There is a rest ordained for you in every area of your life, you need to search the Word, discover God's prescription for rest in that area of life, believe it and obey it.
The Bible says that for you to have matrimonial rest as a husband, you have to love your wife unconditionally. It says that the key that opens the door of rest for the wife in her home is submission. But if you continue to run your home based on what your committee of friends, village/clan meeting or women rights organisations tell you; you will realise that your home will continue to be a boiling pot.The key to rest is the Word of God. Abandon your head knowledge, mathematical calculations and logical reasoning when you realise they contradict scriptures. God's Word doesn't have to be rational, it just has to come to pass. Believe God and enter into rest.
The ultimate rest is in making it to Heaven; this rest also as every other form of rest is through faith. When you believe in Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and you accept Him into your life and dedicate your life to living by His Word; you are assured of entering into His eternal rest. Do not harden your heart as some did in the wilderness and could not enter into rest, even though it had been prepared for them, Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are pardoned: Isa. 40:2(NLT).

Prayer/Action
* Father, let me enter into the rest prepared for me in every area of life.
* I receive grace to follow God’s prescription for my rest.
* Lord, I receive a season without war, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, as king David enjoyed uncommon mercy with You, let it be so with me and my family this year, in the name of Jesus.

The God of all Doing

Monday 13 June
READ: 1 Sam 2: 6 – 8
MORE LESSON: Luke 1: 37

God is the only One who can do all things. He can do whatsoever can be done and even those that cannot be done by any mortal . God can do the easy, the difficult and the impossible. Only He can bring the dead back to life – something which is impossible to any other. But God does not only have the power to make alive, He also has the power to kill, The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 1 Sam 2:6.
Some people theologise that God doesn't kill, that He only gives life. They should read the Bible complete and balanced; we have seen several cases in the Scripture where God struck people dead, especially people who stood `against His purpose and His children. God will strike those who have purposed relentlessly to frustrate your life and destiny, in Jesus name. The Bible declares concerning Abraham, before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were: Rom. 4:17. We understand from scriptures that one of the reasons Abraham was willing to offer Isaac to God was because he believed that if he killed Isaac, God was able to bring him back to life (Heb 11: 17 – 19). God can kill everything; sickness, evil, curses and agents of wickedness that have risen against you. He also can give life to every good thing that has died in your life.
Is it your health, womb, career or ministry that seems dead? The God of all doing can raise it back to life.
Another doing of the Lord revealed in our text is that He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory....: 1 Sam 2:8. He makes a nobody to become somebody. Joseph was a slave but God made him a prime minister. Esther was a maid-servant but God took her to the throne. I don't know what you are today but the God of all doing can take you to the highest place. If there is also any highly placed person that is using his position to intimidate you and work against your God-ordained destiny, it doesn't cost God anythingto remove him.
When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, felt that he was so high that he lost respect for God; the God of all doing sent him from the throne to the bush. He became an animal and all his guards could not prevent him from entering into the forest. However, when he repented before God after seven years, God restored him back to the throne. God truly can do anything whatsoever. I pray that you will pertake of this power on the positive, you shall pertake of His glorious doing and it shall be marvellous for you.

Prayer/Action
* Father, let me witness Your wonderful doing today, in Jesus’ name.
* Father, strike down those who have purposed relentlessly to frustrate my life and destiny, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, by your mercy, don’t leave me in the hands of my enemies, lift me up for my triumph and advancement, in the mighty name of Jesus.

The Name of Help

Sunday 12 June
READ: Psa. 124: 1-8
MORE LESSON: Psa. 20: 1 -2

Everyone in life seeks for help. Even great men still need help; as long as you are breathing and have something you still want to achieve in life, you will need help. The key to get anything you seek in life is to know where it is located. This is why I want to divulge to you where help is hidden so that you can access it. Psa. 124: 8 says, Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. The help you seek is inside the name of the Lord. As long as you have the name, you have help. This is the reason you can never be helpless in destiny as a child of God. Help is just the shout of the name of Jesus. When you shout that name, help is guaranteed; it doesn't matter what the problem is. The Scripture says, For whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved: Rom. 10: 13. The name of the Lord Jesus Christ is the name of help; when you shout 'Jesus', you have shouted 'help', and help will surely come to you.
The secret of accessing the help that is in the name is to do everything you do in the name of Jesus. According to the Word of God, ...whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him: Col 3:17. So when you want to sleep, sleep in the name of Jesus and there is no devil in the universe that can stop you from waking up. When you want to travel, say 'I travel to . . . in the name of Jesus.' No power on earth or hell can stop you from arriving safely at your destination. An enemy might have told you that you cannot pass your exams but when you say, 'I write this paper and pass it in the name of Jesus', failure bows to the name.
When you proceed in the name of Jesus, it will take a name higher than the name of Jesus to stop you, Wherefore, God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: Phil 2:9. There is no name higher than the name of Jesus, this is the reason your help cannot fail. Your help is limited only by the extent to which the name of Jesus can perform. But since the name of Jesus is limitless in its possibility and infinite in its power, so your help is limitless and infinite.
Today, you are blessed in the name of the Lord; your destiny receives help in the name of the Lord and may the name of the God of Jacob defend you (Psa. 20:1).

Prayer/Action
* I receive all that it takes to pass the tests of life.
* Father, grant me grace to handle all my life situations well, in Jesus' name.
* In the name of Jesus, whatever happens I will keep the faith.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today, take me above my weakness and lift me to leap over every wall of blockage, move me forward, in the name of Jesus.