The Self-Sufficient Helper

Friday 4 November
READ: Psa. 46:1-11
MORE LESSON: Acts 12: 20 - 24

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early: Psa. 46:5 The help of God is Heaven's intervention in a matter that is beyond the control of man. Help enables you to do more than you can do ordinarily. Help is about being able to achieve more than you can on your own. Someone defined help as the extra hand that makes your load lighter to carry. God is the only Helper there is: if God doesn't help you, no man can. Every other man assists, but God helps. Assistance talks of relief coming in bits and pieces but help is holistic and has no limit; it gets the job done completely. Only God can provide real help; men can push a little but God provides the help. Man can take off to help and abandon it along the way, but God starts from the beginning and takes it all through to the end. When God is involved, He goes all the way to bring us help. When you put your confidence in man, you are putting your confidence in a supporter who himself needs help. But when you put your confidence in God He can use other men to accomplish things.
Every man will have something that he needs an extra hand for till the end of life. We all need help; I haven't found a man who is not in need of help. I have met the rich and the strong and they all need help. I haven't met anyone who does not need help except God who is self-sufficient. No man is self-sufficient; if you hear anyone say that he is, he is preparing for his grave.
God is self-sufficient and all men are dependent. Don't be deceived to think you are sufficient on your own like Herod (Acts 12: 21) who finished speaking and the people were hailing him, saying that it was not the voice of man but the voice of God. They said he was God and he was happy. All of a sudden, an angel slapped him and he fell down dead. No one knew an angel was in that congregation until the man was slapped. The angel would have wondered, “How can they tell you that you are self-sufficent and self-existent and you accept such praise from them?” It is only the Almighty God that occupies that office.
Never put your confidence in yourself. Herod must have believed he was some god also because he accepted the accolade of being God. Jehovah had to silence him as a lesson to other men. Don't ever trust that you can accomplish anything all by yourself but only by the help of God.

Prayer/Action
*Thank the Lord because you serve a self – sufficient God.
*Tell God that your trust is in Him and ask Him to send you help.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
God's goodness, favour, mercy and loving kindness shall follow me and overtake me this new month, in the name of Jesus.

Exceptional Help

Thursday 3 November
READ: 2 Sam. 5: 6-10
MORE LESSON: Psa. 18: 29

In today’s text, David led his army against the Jebusites who lived in the rocky fortress. When they heard that David was coming, they mocked him and told him their habitation was so fortified that a weakling like David could not defeat them. In fact, they told him that even if the lame and the blind in the land were to form the army to fight against him, they would defeat him. Obviously, David was still small and had not attained all the greatness he later had. So they under-estimated and mocked him. Everywhere you have been washed down and mocked, the help of God will lift you up and place you above your mockers, in Jesus’ name.
It was like my story in secondary school. One of my teachers once looked at me and said, 'You, even if they give you the answer script and ask you to copy, you will still copy wrongly and fail'. They believed that I would not amount to anything. But today, the Lord has brought me to a great place. After the mockery done to David by the inhabitants, he invaded that city, defeated the people of the land and took over the land. I am particularly impressed with what David did after he took that city; he named it after himself and made it his headquarters, So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the City of David...: 2 Sam. 5:9. That is the city called Jerusalem today; the capital city during the reign of David and the headquarters of the nation of Israel. He turned the place of his mockery to an eternal memorial of his greatness. That is what God is set to do for you today.
It is the exceptional help of God that made David to prevail where he had been disdained. He stated this secret of his success in Psa. 18: 29, For by thee, I have run through a troop; and by my God, have I leaped over a wall. Today, the help of God will locate you and you will amaze critics and enemies to record an astounding victory.
I pray for you today that where people have said there is no place for you, you will become the head. That office that refused to give you a job because you are a child of God will soon be bought over by you. When you enter that office, you will enter as the CEO. An exceptional help is on the way for you this year. God will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. Lift up your hand and shout Amen!

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Lord to give you honour and fame in the same land where you dwell.
* Ask the Lord to send you exceptional help today.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today, every anti-testimony altar erected against me and my family is here by dismantled by fire, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Get the Blessing!

Wednesday 2 November
READ: Gen. 12:1-5
MORE LESSON: Gen. 22:16-18

Abraham's name has become an epitome of faith and greatness. The greatness of Abraham's name is more now than when he was alive. If you go to the nation of Israel today, you will see how greatly they revere him. Several contemporary countries and religions have also laid claim to descent from Abraham. When a man is successful, everybody claims to be related to him.
I can't tell what dreams Abraham had for his life when he was in his father's house in Ur of the Chaldeans but I can boldly say that when he met with God, God gave him a dream and destiny that was bigger than he could ever have imagined for himself. He encountered God and connected with a blessing so massive that it redefined the course of his life and gave him a name beyond his generation. Abraham connected with God and got a blessing that transformed him from a nonentity to a trans- generational role model.
You may not have a vision for your life or you may be pursuing a life that is less than God's will for you. But I want you to know that there is a blessing that you can connect with today that can turn you to a joy of many generations. When this blessing locates you, you also will get to a point that when people want to define greatness, they will refer to you. Greatness, fulfilment in destiny and becoming a generational praise are derivatives of God's blessing upon a man. This same blessing that He gave to Abraham is available to you, according to Gal 3: 14, That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The same blessing that was given to Abraham is available to you through Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ connects you with the blessing of Abraham. This blessing starts with the salvation of your soul and healing of your body; then it proceeds to greatness, wealth, trans-generational impact and good success. Do not ever make light of God's blessing; it has the capacity to cause the desired shift in your destiny.
There have been people, both in history and contemporary times, that are associated with wealth and greatness. There are people who, when you mention their names, the first thing that comes to mind is wealth. The blessing that you will enter into from your encounter with God that will come your way today is such that when next people want to describe great things, they will make reference to you. I bless you with the blessing of the Lord that makes your life become more than all you have ever dreamt. As you go out today, greatness will happen to you, in Jesus’ name. Ask God for the blessings of Abraham upon your entire destiny today.

Prayer/Action
* In the name of Jesus, I connect to the blessing that will turn me to a joy of many generations
* Because God has proclaimed me blessed, I am blessed and not cursed, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, helpers of destiny shall not be lacking on my pathway, in the name of Jesus.

Practising Praise

Tuesday 1 November
READ: Eph. 5:20
MORE LESSON: 1 Tim. 2: 8

You must learn to give praise and you must learn to practise praise ahead of situations of life. Most things we do in life are learnt; we learnt how to walk, talk and read. Giving praise does not come naturally; it has to be learnt. The Scripture urges us to give thanks always. There is no season or location for praise; praise is for all times, at all places and in all situations. The Bible wants us to lift up holy hands everywhere (1 Tim. 2: 8). This should be done in praise and worship of God. You should learn how to praise and worship God, and even learn and practise how you will give your testimony before it shows up.
Everything that one wishes to excel in must be learnt and perfected. Praise also must be practised ad perfected in your life. You should practise praise so much till it becomes a natural part of you. Let the expression 'thank you Jesus', 'Blessed be the name of the Lord', 'Praise God' become statements that are so much part of you that you often say them even unconsciously. That results only from a life that has practised and perfected praise.
The following points should be noted:
1. If you must practise praise, you must willingly decide to do it. Praise is a decision; it is not an impartation. You don't need any one to lay hands on you before you praise God. All it takes is for you to decide to do it.
2. Praise is a process, so it must be learnt. No man masters a skill without learning it. Just as with all skills, you learn praise by doing it repeatedly and often, both when you feel like it and when you don't. Praise God all the time.
3. Praise cannot be learnt without doing it. Praise is not learnt by merely reading books on praise. The only way to learn how to pray is to pray. Similarly, the only way to learn how to praise is to praise. Furthermore, you don't learn praise to add to your CV that you are a praise singer; you learn praise so that you can praise God. You learn praise by praising Him. So begin to praise Him all the time.
4. You must praise God in church and out of church. Do not limit your praise of God to a particular location; do not exempt yourself when the praise of God is going on in the church. Men lose a great deal when corporate praise and worship is going on and they stand aloof. You must praise God in your secret place and in church.
5. You should learn from others when they praise. When somebody is praising God by your side, join him to praise. When people are dancing in church, don't just watch, do so as well.
6. The ultimate in life only comes by praise.
Praise the Lord!

Prayer/Action
* Confess as the psalmist that your heart is fixed for praise.
* Declare that God’s praise shall continually be in your mouth.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I give You the glory for making me see another new month, and for the goodness You have packaged into it, in Jesus' name.