Praying in unbelief!

“And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.” Acts 12:13-15

I want to encourage someone who is challenged with a seemingly impossible situation to persist in prayer. Sometimes there is a strong doubt in your head because of the difficulty or impossibility of the situation. But if you continue in prayers you will still get the much needed divine intervention.

Can you believe what this praying people said to Rhoda who informed them that their prayers had been answered? They first said she was mad and when the young girl persisted and insisted, they said it was Peter’s angel. They never thought Peter could be delivered but yet they prayed. They prayed in unbelief but God still honored their prayers. God honored their prayer because they persisted. When their prayers had been answered they were still praying. Although their head said it was impossible but their heart said prayer is the way. And the result came.

Beloved, you can turn around any situation and I mean ANY, if you persist in praying. You may not believe but pray and don’t stop praying until your Peter is released. And if you can get someone who can agree and persist with you in prayer, you are blessed.

It is your turn to laugh in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: I secure the release of whatever the enemy is withholding from me in Jesus name.

Winning without fighting

“You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”” 2 Chronicles 20:17

Are you in a situation that you need to win but fighting is not reasonable then this message is for you. Fighting may not be reasonable because of the limitation of your strength, the enormous strength of the opposition and the aggressiveness of your situation. Your assessment of the situation is that the opposition is too strong for you and if you fight you are sure to lose. I have a good news for you, you can win without fighting!

The way to fight without winning is called positioning yourself. Three great nations came against Judah. It was obvious that they did not have what it takes to fight these nations yet they needed to win. They turned to God and God said to them, “you will not need to fight but position yourselves.” Mathew 13:37 says, “what I say to you I say to all.” God is saying the same thing to you: Position yourself and see your victory.

The question is how do you position yourself to win without fighting against a dangerous and powerful opposition? The first thing is to stand still and see the salvation of God. Stop running helter skelter but stand still and expect victory. Biblically, standing still means waiting on God to hear what He will say to you (Habakkuk 2:1; Isaiah 40:31). Whatever He says to you do (John 2:5). The second thing is to be confident that God is with you. Beloved, there is no situation neither is there any opposition that can withstand our God (Psalm 144). The last thing is that you should fear not. Don’t be afraid, only believe.

I see you coming out with victory in this present situation in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: Oh God I am standing still before you, speak to me, give me confidence and boldness, and take care of my present situation in Jesus name.

The world of words

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” John 1:1-3

Your world depends significantly on the words you are hearing, reading and speaking. Words are information. Words are revelation. Words are light. Words are food. Words are power. Words can heal and can kill. Words can bring a person down and can lift a person up. Words can inform and can deform.

If a man is doing drug, someone spoke a word to him. If a man is changing lives, he also has heard a word. Your world is a product of the word you have received, believed and acted upon. Words are blessings, words are curses. Words are prophecies, both the lies and the truth. If you want to shape your world you must choose your words.

Sources of the words in your life including your immediate family, your friends, the school you attend, the church you attend, the books you read, the television, radio, internet, phone and others. You can choose the word in your life by controlling the access of these sources in your life. You did not choose your family but yet you can control their access into your life.

Now hear this if your world is not what you expect it to be, you must check the word you are hearing, reading, speaking and acting upon. May your world be filled with anointed words, words of blessing and revelation in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: Oh God, rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood in Jesus name.

What do you see?

“Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.”” Jeremiah 1:11-12

Dearly beloved welcome to a week of testimony in your life. I see lines falling for you in pleasant places. I see God fulfilling His promises in your life speedily. I see mountains becoming pain before you. I see you crossing from the side of defeat into the side of victory.

Devil knows that what you are seeing is important. He will surely want to show you a picture that is contrary to the plan of God for you. Do not agree with him. Refuse to see what he is trying to show you. He will try to show you that God cannot deliver you as he tried to do in Isaiah 37. He will try to show you that he is stronger than your God as he did to Israel for forty days in 1 Samuel 17. He will even try to show you that you cannot come out of your present situation as he tried to show to Peter in Acts 12. But God asked me to tell you today, “see the picture that I am showing you, it is positive and not negative.”

Now it is important for you to see correctly and to declare what you are seeing. See the word and declare the word so that you can experience the word. In 1 Samuel 17, David told Goliath, I see you falling and the Israel defeating you and the host of philistines. Goliath did not last that day.

May your trouble not last this day in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: O God I see your promises coming to pass in my life, hasten your word to perform it in every area of my life in Jesus name.

The joy of the Lord

“Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”” Nehemiah 8:10

Whatever a child of God is passing through is temporary, the end is always good. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all (2 Cor 4:17). Don’t let the devil steal your joy because of temporary setbacks, afflictions, or unwanted situations. If he steals your joy, he has stolen your strength. The bible says the joy of the Lord is your strength.

In 1 Samuel 30, the enemy attacked Ziklag when David and his soldiers were away. They took away everything including their wives and children. The people came to see an empty city because the enemy had struck in his usual way. The people wept until there was no strength in them. Can you imagine? The devil stole their things, they were going to permit him to steal their joy and consequently their strength as well. Until David came to his senses. He encouraged himself in the Lord, asked Him what to do. God says, pursue, overtake and recover. At the end of the story, they took back more than what the enemy took from them.

Beloved, come what may, keep your joy, it is the source of your strength for total recovery.

Prayer for today: I recover my joy, I recover my strength, I recover everything the devil stole in the name of Jesus.

While men slept!

“But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.” Mathew 13:25

Beloved, physical sleep is allowed but spiritual sleep is not acceptable. Even at that, don’t let physical sleep have dominion over you. Although physical sleep is refreshing, inability to control it is an indication of spiritual damage. The enemy has chosen the time of the night; the time we are sleeping to launch his attacks. When a man is sleeping even if he is guarding his property, he is not really there. He is helpless and cannot resist the primary assignments of the invader which is to steal, to kill and to destroy.

Our text for today says when people were sleeping, the enemy came and put weeds among the wheat. In 1 Kings 3, a woman in the night, slept on her son and killed it. In the same chapter, another woman’s son was replaced with a dead one while she was sleeping. Proverbs 6 even says that an extra sleep brings in poverty. Beloved, many people are in trouble today because the enemy came when they were sleeping. Glory had been stolen or exchanged for another during the night while people were sleeping. The good news is that you can wake up from your sleep, go after the enemy and recover all.

Spiritually speaking, “night” can be anytime of weakness while “sleeping” is an indication of spiritual inactiveness. Keep yourself awake spiritually, don’t take the opposition for granted. Spend time in fellowship with God and in meditation on the word. Let your spiritual antenna be active to decode what the enemy is trying to do. Stay anointed to quench the advancement of the invaders.

I decree that the owners of evil loads shall carry them in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: O God, put your fire in my bones, let me have dominion over all forms of sleep both in the night and in the day in Jesus name.

This is not yours!

“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.” 1 kings 3:21

Beloved, I don’t care to know what the enemy has done to you but if you can consider it again in the light of the scriptures, you will discover that it is not yours. Failure is not yours! Shame and reproach are not yours! Lack and poverty are not yours! Sicknesses and infirmities are not yours! Rejection is not yours! Stagnancy is not yours! Retrogression is not yours! What you need to do is to report the enemy to the king and He will reverse what the enemy has done.

In our text today, two women slept in the night. One killed her son by sleeping on it. She then replaced the other woman’s living child with her dead child while the other woman was sleeping. The other woman already thought and accepted that the dead child was her own. But when she considered it in the morning she discovered that it was not hers. Beloved, in our time of weaknesses the enemy had done a lot of wrong things in our lives. When we were “sleeping,” unable to react to the attack of the enemy, he planted the unwanted seed. Some of us are already taking it as normal. But don’t! If you look at it seriously you will discover that it is not yours. The woman reported the matter to the king and the King settled her. The dead child which was not hers was taken away and her living child was restored to her.

It is time to report the matter to the King of kings and the Lord of lords in order to reject what the enemy did and accept what God has done for you. I reverse what the enemy has done in your life in Jesus name.

Prayer for today: I reject the seed and fruits of the enemy in my life in the name of Jesus (mention those ones you have identified one by one and deal with them).