Go for More

Sunday 26 March
READ: 2 Kings 13: 14 – 19
MORE LESSON: Deut. 1: 11

The king of Israel came to old Elisha at the prophet's death bed and reported that the enemy had risen against the nation and they needed God's help for victory. The prophet put his hand on the king's arm and gave him some prophetic instructions which included striking an arrow on the ground as a prophetic symbol of striking the Syrians. The king struck the ground three times and the prophet became angry with him. He told him that he should have struck like six times because that was the prophetic sign of his strike over Syria. Obviously, the king thought that after winning three times, he was already an accomplished man and didn't need any further victories. However, the prophet told him that he would continue to have wars with the enemies because he would defeat them only three times but those three victories were not enough to completely vanquish Syria. So Israel would continue to have wars with Syria.
One of the things that prevent men from maximising life is thinking that they have arrived after a few successes. It is popularly said that the enemy of your success is not failure but your last success. When a man thinks that he has hit the bar as a result of his accomplishments, he stops making demands on life and starts sinking into mediocrity. A man who feels satisfied with life has no motivation to desire greater things. Such a man 'has arrived'; he has no where he is going any more. In fact, the way such men pray shows that there is nothing at stake any more. They pray like 'big men'.
Imagine a young brilliant man of 23 years diagnosed with a terminal disease and an old man of 100 years in church where a prayer point for long life is raised. The passion with which each will pray will be different. The mistake the young man would make is to look at the old man praying lackadaisically and he starts to imitate him. The old man has arrived where he is going whereas the young guy has a lot at stake. So, have you arrived where you are going in destiny or you believe there is more that you need to become and do? The answer is not in words; it is in your approach to life.
There is a challenge to those who think they have arrived; there is always a higher level. If you are the governor of your state, there is a difference between being a governor and being a president. If you are a professor; are you known in your classroom only or you have international renown and impact? Even as a pastor, there is more. Today is the day that you should turn your roof to the floor for another storey and start going higher.

Prayer/Action
* Appreciate God for the 'more' you have never enjoyed.
* Pray that you will not live short of God’s provisions for your destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I am the light of the world, nothing can shut me down, I shall shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day, in Jesus' name.

Enough is Enough

Saturday 25 March
READ: Deut. 1: 6
MORE LESSON: Gen 27: 38 - 40

In Deut. 1:6, God spoke to the children of Israel and said to them, You have dwelt long enough in this mount. God told them that it was enough of moving in circles; they were to move forward. What is striking here is that God knows when something is enough. Now, when God, the Most Patient One looks at a situation and says that enough is enough, then man should equally get tired of that situation and respond that enough is enough. Today is the day when you should look at the areas of your life where things are not working and shout, 'Enough is enough.' Every matter of your life that you have been crying about, the Lord has said, “Enough is enough” and so must you.
In Gen 27: 38 – 40, after Esau missed the blessing as the firstborn of Isaac and got something that seemed more or less like a curse, God provided him a way of escape. Isaac had said to him, You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it anymore, you'll break loose and run free: Gen 27:40 (The Message). God told Esau that he would become free from servitude and suffering when he decided that enough is enough.
For you to break free in destiny and move forward, you must become passionate in your desire to break out of your present situation. When you decide that you have had enough of an undesirable situation in your life, you must accompany that decision with a strong desire to break free. It is only when there is desire that prayer gets answered. A man can fast and pray but until there is passionate desire, the heavens are closed. One of the reasons people don't have their desire is because they have no eyesight of a better place than where they are. You must desire a change and say that enough is enough of your present situation.

The Lord spoke to the children of Israel and told them that enough is enough of staying in one place. He further said, On your way now. Get moving...: Deut 1:7 (The Message). The Word of the Lord to you this day is that you have had enough of staying in one place; you should get moving now to the next level. Start by saying that enough is enough to the present situation, then take the matter to God in prayer, pick up God’s promises about that situation and present the promises to God in prayer. Then add faith and finally, take definite positive steps about your desire. It’s time to move forward.

Prayer/Action
* Identify every bad situation and announce, ‘enough is enough’ to such situations of your life, in the mighty name of Jesus.
* In the name of Jesus, I withdraw the power of continuity from my troubles.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I take authority over every satanic stronghold operating through ancestral line in my destiny, and I keep them in permanent chains, in the name of Jesus.

Destroy the Spirit of Perversion

Friday 24 March
READ: Rom. 1: 24 – 32
MORE LESSON: Gen. 19: 3 - 7

When men remove God from their lives and conscience, perversity sets in. Satan is in a fierce battle against marriage and the home, this is why there is so much sexual immorality and perversion threatening the family institution in the world today. Each time God wants to do a thing in a generation, he looks for a home to produce a godly seed. It is the seed of the woman from a home that could bruise the head of the devil (Gen 3: 15). One of satan's strategies in this end time is to make sure there are no godly seeds to bruise him. This is why he advocates same sex union.
Men have become reprobate through satanic manipulation because it actually takes a person to lose his/her mind to be a homosexual. The Bible refers to man to man or woman to woman sexual union as unnatural, inconvenient and wicked. For God's sake, how convenient is it for a man to have sex with a man? It is not something to be proud of, it is shameful, wicked and inhuman. The Bible puts it thus, Worse followed. Refusing to know God, they soon didn't know how to be human either — women didn't know how to be women, men didn't know how to be men. Sexually confused, they abused and defiled one another, women with women, men with men — all lust, no love….: Rom 1:26-27 (The Message).
I went to a shop in the United States with my friend who is also a bishop. I held his hand as we talked and walked. Then, he started warning me to let go of his hand. I was wondering what was wrong with him as he is my close friend and normally wouldn't mind the way I held his hand. Then he told me that in that society, when people see us holding hands, we would be announcing that we might be a gay couple. Oh my! I quickly moved away from him. That day I was so exhausted and needed his weight to lean on as a support but he warned me that if I leaned on him, it mean't that we were walking romantically together as a gay couple.
What a shame that two brethren in Christ cannot freely make physical contact again and they will be considered as sexual partners. This is because of the perversion that men have embraced from the devil. It is no longer a Western issue because it is creeping into Africa. We must not allow this disease to thrive in our land, we must pray fervently to rebuke and destroy this evil, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I come against the spirit of perversion in my life and home, in Jesus’ name.
* The power of God will keep me spotless in this perverse generation, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This year, I shall be strategically connected for a significant improvement in life and destiny, my testimony shall not be small, in the name of Jesus.

Your Word is your Victory

Thursday 23 March
READ: Job 22: 28- 29
MORE LESSONS: Mal. 3: 16- 18

Your word is your life. Jesus says that the words that He speaks are Spirit and life. Hence if with the Spirit of Christ in us we say things that others in the world say then we would have the same results as theirs. But as for me, When men are being cast down, yet shall I arise and say.... That was what Job said, that when the casting down is going on, I will stand up, and I will say.... So the power over being cast down is in your tongue. What you say about your situation, how you say it, and what you believe and do at the hour that things appear tough and difficult are vital; they can determine what happens to you in that situation.
You ought to be careful what you say even after you have gone through a difficult time and you are waiting for result. For instance, when I was in school and we finished writing a tough paper, some students would not go home immediately after submitting their exam scripts, they would hang around waiting for others to come out so that they could discuss the paper. Their expectation was for you to tell them that the examination was not good. But if you made a mistake and said it was okay, they would say, Ah, ok? Professor! And then you became an object of ridicule for declaring positive.
But hear this friend, even examinations already written can turn around because of your spoken word. Next time the enemy roars at you, roar back at him; roar God's Word to him, roar your confidence in God and your faith to him. Don't ever go down agreeing with the enemy over your situation, testify what the Word of God says. Keep saying, I have conquered you, I am stronger than you, I am more than a conqueror. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I am more than this challenge, and with God on my side, I will overcome it. I can run through a troop, I will prevail; I can leap over a wall. Keep saying the Word, keep confessing it, even if the matters are not yielding, keep on expressing what God has said about the matter.
Don't listen to your situation, listen to God's Word, listen to the promises of God, listen to what God has said ahead of the situation, for before the start of the problem, God pronounced its end. So keep repeating what God has said in faith and confidence and it shall be to you as you say. Always bear in mind that your words go to God's hearing and He will do according to what He hears you say. Your word is your victory. Speak God's Word always, no matter what.

Prayer/Action
* I refuse to speak contrary to God's Word, in Jesus’ name.
* As I speak, may it happen with speed, in the mighty name of Jesus.
* My lips are graced, in the name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, You are a prayer answering God, You have heard my prayers, I give You praise all day long, in the name of Jesus.