Becoming Mighty II

Thursday 23 February
READ: Judg. 6:11-16
MORE LESSONS: Josh. 1:1-9

Becoming a mighty man goes with a lot of responsibilities. The Bible personalities who were mighty did not become so by sleeping all the days of their lives. They had an intimate relationship with God and they also kept the commandments and instructions of God and of God's prophets. They studied the Word of God and applied it to their situations.
When I hear people say that the grace of God is upon them, I ask how much of the Bible they have read. I do not have respect for church titles without evidence. I do not celebrate people who are church leaders but refuse to master the assignment in their hands even from the point of knowledge. If as an ordained minister you cannot sit down to learn under others, you won't last. The ordination would become a reproach because the man who is too proud to learn will fall suddenly.
There is no way a man can come to church only on Sundays and be a strong man in God. This way, you may be mighty in other areas but definitely not in the things of God. Break from everything that limits your knowledge of God because it reduces your strength daily. Sit down with the things of God like Bible studies, quiet time with God, fellowship attendance, evangelism and the likes. Every Bible Study fellowship you miss in 52 weeks of the year reduces the strength
of your destiny. Every time you refuse to sit down and do quiet time, you grow less in strength and risk the danger that the day brings your way. Gideon said, “God cannot be with me and this thing will happen”. In other words, when God is with a man, he is a winner.
In verse 13, Gideon made an observation about what Israel was going through and wondered where all the miracles were, about which their fathers told them. Gideon was making reference to events in the past that made Israel great and wished such could be repeated so that Israelites would triumph over the Medianites and regain their might. Gideon knew God's Word when he said their fathers told them about the miracles in Egypt on to Canaan. Because Gideon had the right and correct knowledge, the angel marked him down as the man needed for the assignment at hand. Gideon knew what God did before, which He could do again.
How much of God's Word have you stored in your spirit? Joshua was advised to hold onto the Word of God day and night and thereafter, he would experience good success. You should do same.

Prayer/Action
* Father, let me not carry a church title without evidence of God's grace upon me, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask God, by His Spirit, to prompt you always to study/read His Word, in the mighty name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I acknowledge Your greatness in my life and I give You praise, ride on my back to do Your pleasure, in the name of Jesus.

Becoming Mighty I

Wednesday 22 February
READ: Judges 6:11-16
MORE LESSONS: Gen.26:12-16

It is a wonderful thing to be called a mighty man. To be mighty is to be endowed with an extra ability beyond the normal. Might is a function of strength. When you talk about might you talk about being able, by an extra ability, to do what is not ordinary. God produced many mighty men in the Scripture and I pray for you today that you will go beyond the ordinary, in the name of Jesus. The strength of a man determines the extent of what he can carry. When people run away from challenges, the truth of the matter is that they lack the strength. There is nothing that God does that fails. That's why we call Him the Almighty God; the God that has strength in every area. That strength is deposited in man because man is created in God’s image; God has endowed men with divine capability.
One of such men is Gideon who God raised to counter the oppression Israel suffered at that time in the hands of the Medianites who exercised might over the weak Israelites. One day, an angel of God called Gideon a mighty man of valour; Gideon’s argument was irrelevant to the angel. If the Almighty God says you are a mighty man, you are, indeed! If a man is experiencing defeat but is called a mighty man by God, what is God saying? When a man who cannot beat his chest in the
presence of his enemies is referred to as a mighty man by the Almighty God who cannot lie, then there is something inside that man that makes God say so. It simply means that God Himself is with the man. Once God is with a man, that man cannot be defeated by his enemies and that is why he is a mighty man. He may not know it, but that is who he is.
Regardless of what your experiences are today, as long as a conviction exists inside you that with God on your side all things are possible, you are already a mighty man. Your strength begins from knowledge because your ability to know is the beginning of your strength. So work harder on what you know if you want to be a mighty man; get to know more. If you want to know more, read more, ask questions from them that know more; acquire knowledge because it is the beginning of might. Gideon eventually realised that when God is with a man the man cannot be defeated. So Gideon led Israel into victory over the Medianites. God is with you, you cannot be defeated.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, I declare that I am who You say I am, in Jesus’ name.
* I receive the in depth knowledge of myself in the Lord, in Jesus’ name.
* I shall do mighty things in the name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
In the name of Jesus, the light of the gospel of salvation shall not be limited to me alone in my generation and family, it shall spread to all, in the name of Jesus.

The Man of War

Tuesday 21 February
READ: Psa. 24: 7 -10
MORE LESSON: Exo. 15: 3 - 11

A warrior is a fighter that is known for his prowess in battle. There are professional warriors who do nothing but fight. There are also mercenary fighters that can be hired to fight on your behalf when the battle gets tough. No matter how skilled and powerful a fighter is, there is no warrior or warring nation that has never lost a battle before. The most respected warring nation in the world today is perhaps the United States of America. As militarily powerful as America is, she will not dare to fight many nations at the same time. It takes exceptional prowess for a warrior to fight more than one battle at a time. Only Jehovah Sabaoth can fight in different places at the same time without standing from His seat. Only the Lord of Hosts has never and will never lose a battle.
God is a warrior; He is an expert at fighting and winning battles. Throughout the Scripture, there are accounts of the mighty battles that the Lord fought and won. In Exo. 14, when the Israelites were at the Red Sea, the sea was in front, the host of Egypt was behind them and the desert was to their sides. It looked like they were in the midst of a lost battle. The Lord who is mighty in battle showed up for them, and threw the forces of the enemy into confusion and dealt with the battle coming from the rear and the one in the front. The Lord fought against the Egyptians and destroyed them with the wind that He blew from His nostrils. After the children of Israel were delivered from the battle, they sang praises to the Lord, saying, The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name: Exo. 15:3. The greatest warrior of all times is the Lord God Almighty.
David was talking about Jesus in Psa. 24: 7 – 10 where he introduced Him as the ...King of glory....The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.... This scripture is about the resurrection of the Lord where Jesus faced all the hosts of hell, defeated them all and rose victorious from the dead. He introduced Himself as the Lord who is strong and mighty in battle. The Lord is the undefeatable man of war. He defeated death; all the forces of hell could not defeat Him.
Whatever battle you are facing today, I want you to invite the Lord of Hosts. Engage Jehovah the Man of War to intervene on your behalf and all your enemies will drown like the armies of Pharaoh. You will win every battle of life, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Let the God of war arise in battle for me today, in Jesus’ name.
* Jehovah sabaoth, teach my hand to battle, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today I spread the force of light over my entire family, both nuclear and extended and I command the glory of the light to shine upon us, in the name of Jesus.

God's Weapon of War II

Monday 20 February
READ: 2 Kings 6: 7 - 22
MORE LESSON: Exo. 15: 3

Jehovah is a man of war and He does not lose battles. Life is a battle field as believers confront principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph 6:12). The battle also includes the fight against human agents of wickedness that have committed themselves to making sure that children of God are brought down by all means. Being alive is going to war, every man is in battle, whether one is aware of it or not. Even living day-to-day, trying to make impact and move forward, already involves a lot of spiritual warfare. This is because the person has to contend with the forces of retrogression, poverty, limitation, disadvantaged background and resistance of nature to his progress. Saving souls and expanding the Kingdom also puts the child of God in constant battle with the forces of hell for the souls of men. Life is full of battle but the good news is that, as a child of God, Jesus has won the victory for you and you are fighting from the standpoint of victory and not defeat.
God has many weapons with which He fights for His children in the battles of life. In addition to those listed yesterday. A weapon and strategy that God uses in fighting for His children is putting their enemies to shame. In the text, when the enemies of Israel surrounded Elisha and wanted to arrest and disgrace him, the man of God prayed and the Lord struck the enemies with blindness. After being blinded, the enemies walked to Samaria in the midst of the Israeli garrison. They became blind and they made a huge mistake. It is a mistake for an army to walk by themselves into the enemy’s stronghold and be surrounded with no hope of escape. The Syrians were blind so they committed a military blunder. In the same way, Jehovah will fight for you by making your enemies to commit blunders that will make them nail themselves, in Jesus' name.
The Lord is a man of war and He chooses to fight and win battles any way He likes. It is important however to know that one of the most powerful strategies and weapons that Jehovah uses in battle is love. Jehovah fights battles by love. Love is a potent weapon that disarms enemies. In the text, after the Syrians committed a blunder and walked into the midst of the Israeli garrison, the king of Israel immediately wanted to kill the Syrians. However, the prophet told him to feed them, take care of them and release them. It was this show of love that disarmed the enemies and thereafter they stopped raiding Israel (2 Kings 6: 23). From today, your enemies will submit and stay away forever, in Jesus' name.

Prayer/Action
* Father, reveal to me through Your Word the right weapon to fight my enemies, in Jesus’ name.
* In the name of Jesus, I command blindness upon all my enemies monitoring my progress.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
There is hope for my destiny even in the midst of adversity, I shall thrive and shine, in the mighty name of Jesus.