Remember Lot’s Wife I

Tuesday 20 September
READ: Gen. 19: 12 - 26
MORE LESSON: 2 Pet.2:20-21

Lot's wife was a woman that had the privilege of escaping destruction yet on her way out, she broke the rule and eventually suffered the same fate as the evil doers. Lot was Abraham's nephew and because of God's covenant with Abraham, God sent angels to go and deliver Lot and his family from the destruction that would come upon the city of Sodom where they dwelt. They were the only family that God gave a room of escape in the whole nation of Sodom and Gomorrah. God told them to run out of the land and not look back but Lot's wife, probably, felt that she left some things behind and sought opportunity to go and get them. She looked back and became a pillar of salt. She must have responded to feelings, emotions and sight as she walked away from her treasure and friends. God told her to leave all but she still craved some. Anything you cannot leave for God will destroy you.
You might have been serving the Lord for a long time but know that until you cross the finish line, the battle is not yet over. Lot's wife had left Sodom and Gomorrah but she looked back. You must keep firing on in prayer, fasting consecration and commitment to the Lord. No man is given a crown until the race is over. Don't look back. Child of God, don't yield to temptation. Do not look back and return to the things you left behind. You left fornication, cheating and drinking, still stay out of it. Don't let the sight of the things of Sodom distract you back because they are all marked for destruction. The devil's kingdom has nothing good to offer you. Even the apples of Sodom that look juicy on the outside are laden with worms on the inside.
Lot’s wife desired the things she left behind and looked back. She had not even gone back, she only looked and it was over for her. So why do you want to go back? Do not be tired of your consecration and do not allow situations to discourage you from keeping on your journey of faith. I encourage you today to remember Lot's wife and what happened to her when she looked back. No matter what you have to lose and forfeit to continue on the journey of faith, please do. Don't return to the things of the world that you left. You will not be destroyed with the world, in Jesus’ name, For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul: Heb. 10:36-39.

Prayer/Action
* I forsake everything or cares of life that may have taken hold of me, in the name of Jesus.
* In the name of Jesus, I shall not draw back.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today, open my eyes for insight, foresight and divine wisdom for supernatural operations, in the name of Jesus.

The God that Answers by Fire II

Monday19 September
READ: I Kgs. 18:25 - 39
MORE LESSON: Psa. 50:3

When the people of Israel forsook God and went after Baal, Elijah challenged them to come to Carmel. 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah versus one prophet of the Living God. One with God is the majority. Do not be afraid of standing up for God, even if you are the only one. When God stands with you, no multitude can bring you down. So Elijah told them to call on their gods and he would call on the name of the Lord.
The God that answers by fire will be the true God. The prophets of Baal called unto him but Baal could not answer. Elijah even told them to shout louder may be their god was sleeping and they had to wake him up. The prophets cut themselves with knives and thought their god would see blood and answer but there was no answer. Any one that requests for the blood of anything to get an answer is not a prophet but a herbalist. The only blood that brings answer is the Blood of Jesus. The only God that answers by fire is the Jehovah.
When it was time for Elijah to call upon God, he did some things before the fire fell.
1. He repaired the Altar (Verse 30). This stands for repentance from sin. Make the altar of your heart right with God and you will see answers by fire this year.
2. He set up twelve stones. This was to remind God of His covenant with Israel (verse 31). The covenant of the blood of Jesus is in every prayer you make.
3. He built an altar (verse 32). Altars are places of sacrifice. Do not run away from making sacrifices to God this year. Sacrifice commands fire to come.
4. He added water to the sacrifice (verse 33): Water stands for the Word of God (Eph. 5:26). Don’t pray aimlessly, get filled with God’s Word.
5. He did everything as God commanded (verse 36): Obedience commands fire. Obey every instruction from God and His servants this year.
As you engage these principles all the enemies that gang up against you will be destroyed like these false prophets. The fire of the Lord will fall and your answer will come, in the name of Jesus. Like Elijah, you will get victory over the enemies of the cross that rise up against you as God will stand up in your defence, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Oh God, contend with those that contend with me, in Jesus’ name.
* Oh God of my fathers, arise for me today, in Jesus’ name.
* I declare today that in every area of my life, there shall be answer for me, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I receive the seven fold Spirit of the Almighty God, to rule my world from now on, in the name of Jesus.

The God that Answers by Fire I

Sunday18 September
READ: I Kgs. 18:25 - 39
MORE LESSON: Zec. 12:6

The Lord God Almighty is not a mate with any other god in heaven, earth or beneath the earth. According to Ex 15: 11, Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? On Mount Carmel, Elijah told the prophets of Baal and Asherah to call on the name of their gods and he will call on the name of the LORD; the God that answers by fire is the real God. The striking thing in this story is that the servant of God threw up a challenge on behalf of his God. Elijah didn't have the ability to bring fire from Heaven; only God has that power. But Elijah threw up a challenge for God. Therefore, Elijah was not merely challenging baal, his prophets and the nation of Israel, he was also challenging the Almighty God. He was challenging God to rise up to His name.
You have a God that is far above all else, you can put a challenge to Him. When challenges confront you, throw them to your God. When men confront you, tell them to their face that your God will respond and give them a time that it will happen. Verily, I say unto you, that Jehovah will honour your words of faith and respond as you said. God, for centuries and ages, has proved Himself strong and He is still looking for men that will give Him the opportunity to prove Himself in their matter.
Elijah threw a contest that they should put sacrifice on the altar without touching it with fire but rather each party should call on the name of his god and the one that answers by fire is the real God. Elijah simply implicated God and left Him to defend His own name. God quickly rose up to the contest because He had to defend His name and reputation. So God had to shut up the mouth of the prophets of Baal and all the fake gods so that they could not pull any trick. The prophets called Baal, pleaded and cut themselves with knife begging Baal to see their blood and respond. Jehovah sent one of his angels to tie baal and his cohorts down and put a gag on their mouths. Baal and all the other gods were helpless as Eliijah laughed at them. After God ridiculed the fake gods, Elijah stood up and said, 'Now I am ready to call on the name of Jehovah'. At one call, Jehovah speedily answered and fire fell. Today, I see the Lord answering you and fire falling on the heads of your enemies and their gods, in Jesus’ name. All you need to do is to have faith in God, never doubt His ability to prove Himself and fight in your battles. He that answered Elijah is alive today still and what He did before He can do again in your life. Call God now on any reproach and He will answer you.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Let the God that I serve answer every question of the enemy over my life and destiny, in Jesus’ name.
* I command every knee to bow over my matter, in the name of Jesus.
* Let every altar of satan in my home catch fire, in the name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Whatever opposes the gospel of Jesus and His rulership in my family and nation, today I declare them scattered, they shall no longer prevail, in the name of Jesus.

Taking God by His Word

Saturday 17 September
READ: Gen. 21:1-7
MORE LESSON: II Cor. 1:20

Looking at the promises of God, sometimes you wonder whether they are not too big to be real! Take a few examples, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you: I Pet. 1:4. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also: Jn. 14:2-3. The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright: Prov. 21:18. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins: Isa. 43:25. These are indeed no small promises and there are truly a thousand and one others like these. We can take God at His Word because, God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Num. 23:19.
Friend, men are known for lying, not God. Again, we have enough precedents that assure us that God will not fail, no matter how incredible the promise. One of such is the prophecy of the virgin birth in Isa. 7:14, … Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. In the days of Isaiah, many would have doubted it and yet today, it is a reality. Moreover, Heb, 6:18 says, That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie. It is just impossible for God to lie. Now you can take God for whatever He says.
Finally, one of the reasons why men cannot be trusted with their promises is because they make promises that are bigger than them but not so with God. He can therefore not fail. What a faithful God He is. He visited Sarah as He had said and did to Sarah as He had spoken (Gen. 21:1). He promised to take Israel out of Egypt, although the promise lasted for 430 years, He did not forget to do it (Exo. 12:41).
In the same way, you will not be forgotten. God's faithfulness will extend to you today. Just keep holding on to whatever God has said concerning you. Don't lose focus, don't give up. The Lord will not fail you.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Father, I believe Your Word, let it be to me according to Your Word.
* Father, let Your wonderful promises find fulfilment in my life.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
By the power in the blood of Jesus, I terminate anything that stands in my way of making Heaven, in Jesus' name.