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DIVINE HELP III

MEMORISE: And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 1 Kings 19:5

READ: 1 Kings 19:1 -8

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

MESSAGE

Thou art worthy,,O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11

The verse above clearly states that the Creator made all things for His pleasure. For example, in our Bible reading for today, we see God feeding Elijah so that he would have the required strength to fulfil divine mission set before him. The angel of the Lord said to him, 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee." That meal gave him the strength he needed for forty days and forty nights as he travelled to Horeb. The mountain of God (I Kings 19:7-.

Many people however, want divine help for selfish reasons. Some of them are not even born again; yet they are asking for miracles. Such people fail to realize that the Almighty God is a prudent investor and He will not invest in a project that will not promote His Kingdom. For example, God needed a prophet so when Hannah asked for a son and promised to give him back to God, the Lord granted her request (1 Samuel 1).

Jesus said in Matthew 7:6:

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

The verse above implies that God will not give that which is holy to someone who is still living in sin. You cannot remain in the kingdom of darkness or be toying with sin as a Christian and expect God to help you.

Beloved, if you desire divine help, surrender your life to Jesus Christ, and be determined to do only things that will give Him pleasure. Be committed to showing forth the praises of He who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9) and He will help you.

ACTION POINT

Begin to do things that will give God glory, honour and pleasure from now on and you will receive divine help.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Proverbs 15-17.

My people in all we do, let's that Jesus Christ died for us all. We are nothing without Him. Let's reconcile with Him today and be saved. Time is no longer our friend. Jesus Christ loves us all...

DIVINE HELP II

MEMORISE:
"Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour" MATTHEW 15:28

READ: MATTHEW 15:22-28
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

MESSAGE:
Divine help is comforting and assuring. It is however, not for everybody. Unless God is your Father, you may not be able to access divine help.

In our Bible reading today, Jesus told the woman seeking His help that divine healing is reserved only for God’s children, so she was disqualified. Her faith in Jesus Christ however, eventually qualified her for divine help.

Therefore, you should ask yourself, “Am I a child of God?” “Have I surrendered all to the Lord Jesus?” Placing all your faith in Jesus and surrendering your life to Him is the only way to access God and divine help. John 14:6.

Another vital requirement to access divine help is knowing exactly what you need help with.

The woman in our Bible reading today was very clear about what she wanted, and she got it as she persisted in her request, with all her faith in Christ Jesus.

Bartimaeus is also an excellent example of someone who knew what he wanted God to do for him and got the divine help he sought. Mark 10:46-52.

It is also important to know where to seek for help. Beloved, where are you seeking help from?

Many people seek help from different sources – man, rivers, mountains and so on.

Everyone seeking help from other sources apart from the Almighty God will only have their sorrows multiplied as we see in Psalm 16:4.

You may be asking, “How do I seek divine help?” Jesus said: “Ask, and it shall be given you…” Matthew 7:7.

When asking the Lord for help however, don’t ask for things He has already empowered you to do yourself. For example, when God provides a job, don’t go to sleep and expect Him to do the work for you!

There are however, many things that are beyond human capacity and the good news is that nothing is beyond God’s capacity.

Ask Him for help with those things that no man can do for you. For example, only God can cause a woman without a womb to conceive and bring forth a set of twins. That was the testimony of a sister some years ago and I pray you will also experience unbelievable miracles, in Jesus’ name.

Beloved, if you have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, you have His open invitation to ask for everything you want in faith and He will do them for you according to His will.

ACTION POINT:
If God is truly your Father, go ahead and ask Him for what only He can do for you today.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PROVERBS 12-14.

REPROBACY


MEMORY VERSE: "Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith". –2Timothy 3:8


BIBLE AGE: ROMANS 1:18-28

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves;

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

INTRODUCTION
Reprobacy is the state or character of being a reprobate. A reprobate is an unprincipled or depraved person. The Greek word translated "reprobate" in the New Testament is 'adokimos' which literally means "unapproved, i.e. rejected; by implications, worthless." It is that which is rejected on of its own worthlessness (Jeremiah 6:30). Many people have wondered if at this point a person may be beyond hope. It is imperative, therefore, for believers to study the nature and dangers of reprobacy.

LESSON OUTLINES
1. THE NATURE OF REPROBATES
2. DANGERS OF REPROBACY

THE NATURE OF REPROBATES

There are some pointers to knowing someone that can be referred to as a reprobate. Such persons usually have the desire to suppress the truth with wickedness (Romans 1:18; 2Timothy 3:. They wilfully reject God in their imaginations and actions (Romans 1:21; Titus 1:16). People with reprobate minds choose to worship the creature rather than the creator (Romans 1:23-25; Jeremiah 10:14). They commit all manner of sins and have no limits or restrictions on sinful behaviours (Romans 1:29-31; Ephesians 5:3). Reprobates do not only hold on to and continue in their wicked behaviours, they encourage and celebrate others who imitate them (Romans 1:32; Psalm 50:18). Those with reprobate minds do not have the Spirit of God and live only for themselves (Titus 1:16).

DANGERS OF REPROBACY

The Bible warns against reprobacy because it leads to the point where God withdraws His longsuffering to save but gives them over to a degenerated mind (2Peter 3:9; Romans 1:28) to:

1. Face the wrath of God (Romans 1:18).

2. Become unclean and dishonour their bodies between themselves (Romans 1:24).

3. Practice vile affections e.g. homosexuality, bestiality, etc. (Romans 1:26-27).

4. Do those things which are not convenient (Romans 1:28).

5. Be filled with all unrighteousness (Romans 1:29-31).

6. Ignore impending judgement and continue in sin (Romans 1:32).

Nevertheless, there is no heart or mind that God cannot charge if that person approaches Him in genuine repentance (Isaiah 1:18; John 6:37). People toing the path of reprobacy should repent and turn to God for mercy because there is grace and hope for them (Psalm 51:17; Isaiah 55:7; Romans 10:13).

CONCLUSION
Be careful to guard your mind and avoid the gradual drifting, shifting and twisting of thought that moves people towards reprobacy (Romans 12:1-2).

DIVINE HELP I

MEMORISE:
My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
PSALM 121:2

READ: PSALMS 121:1-8
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

MESSAGE:
The kind of help anyone can render is determined either by the person’s might or capability. Nobody can give what he or she does not have.

This makes divine help very desirable since it comes from the unlimited God.

David knew this secret and penned what we have as part of our text for today. He said,

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth” Psalm 121:1-2.

The following are the steps we must take to secure divine help:

First, we must fear and trust the One who has unlimited power to help.

Psalm 37:39-40 says that the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord and that He shall help and deliver them from the wicked because they trust Him.

The second step is to keep the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:145-146 says:

“I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.”

Unfortunately, many self-professing Christians do not want to hear anything about the law of God and would rather overstretch the place of grace to the point of lawlessness. This is not God’s will.

The third step for those who would benefit from Divine help is to call on the Lord for the needed help. The Bible says in Exodus 20:3:

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Looking up to anything or anyone apart from God is idolatry. This is dangerous because our God is a jealous God. Exodus 20:5.

As a matter of fact, we short-change ourselves by trusting in man that is limited rather than trusting the Almighty, the Unlimited God. The Bible says:

"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horse, because they are strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord." Isaiah 31:1.

Beloved, I encourage you to surrender your life to Jesus, live righteously and look up to God alone for help. He will never let you down.

PRAYER POINT:
Father, please send help to me today, in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PROVERBS 8-11

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

MEMORISE:
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. PHILIPPIANS 4:6

READO: PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which eth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

PRAYERS:
1. Father, thank You for keeping me all through the first half of the year and for bringing me into the second half.

2. Father, thank You for Your love and covering over me and my loved ones.

3. Father, thank You for giving me a sound mind. Thank You for preserving me Lord.

4. Father, thank You for the strength to do all that I have to do. I acknowledge that You are the source of my strength. Thank You Lord.

5. Father, thank You for providing for me always. Thank You for being my source Lord.

6. Father, thank You for my salvation. Thank You for making me a part of Your family.

7. Father, thank You for my past, my present and my future. Thank You Lord for the glorious future You have placed ahead of me.

8. Father, thank You for my family and all my loved ones. Thank You for the gift of family

9. Thank You Lord for Your mercy that is made available to me daily. Thank You Lord.

10. Father, thank You for all the battles You fight for me. I am deeply grateful to you for making me more than a conqueror.

11. Father, I am grateful for everyone in my local Church and the body of Christ as a whole. Thank You for not allowing the gates of hell prevail over us.

12. Your personal thanksgiving prayer.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PROVERBS 4-7

GOD’S BLANK CHEQUE

MEMORISE:
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
DANIEL 12:3

READ: JOHN 15:16
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

MESSAGE:
"If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it."

In other words, Jesus was saying in the verse above that, “I will give you a blank cheque”.

Today, we will discuss how to obtain this divine blank cheque.

God gives blank cheques to people whose hearts pant after His kingdom on earth.

"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you" John 15:16

When you seek God’s kingdom first above all else, then He will give you everything that you could ever need. Matthew 6:33.

I have always said that God is a playwright, having written the script of everything that is happening on earth. In
1 Kings 3:5-14, when God gave Solomon a blank cheque, He already knew the end from the beginning.

He knew that the boy would ask for wisdom to rule God’s people, so when he did, the Lord added riches, peace and everything else a man could ever want.

When God sees that you have a heart that is interested in the salvation of the souls and in the establishment of His kingdom on earth, you will get from Him all those things other people are struggling for.

Seek God’s kingdom diligently; seek to ensure that His will is done on earth as it is in heaven. You will see how He will embarrass you with so many blessings that you would be the one saying, “Lord, it is enough”.

Give to the work of God, go out on evangelism regularly, follow up new converts to ensure they abide in the flock of Christ.

Let God see your dedication to His work and He will surely reward you with a blank cheque.

REFLECTION:
When was the last time you won a soul for God?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PROVERBS 1-3

ENTERING GOD’S PRESENCE II

MEMORISE:
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me, and to him who ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. PSALM 50:23

READ: PSALMS 118:19-21
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

MESSAGE:
Yesterday we identified righteousness as a precondition to access God’s presence.

Once a person has clean hands and a pure heart, he or she would be able to access God’s presence with thanksgiving and praises as stated in Psalm 100:4:

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."

If you try to get into His presence with complaints or even requests, the gate will not be opened to you. Only those who approach Him with thanksgiving are attended to.

However, your thanksgiving will get you into His gates, but your praises will get you into His courts. Being in His courts is definitely a step higher than just getting into the gates.

The keepers of the gates always check for how well you can praise God before they it you in. If they see that you are not one who is willing to praise God, they will lock you out.

David seemed to be talking to the keepers of the gate when he said in Psalm 118:19,

“Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:”

It is as though God had instructed them thus: “If anyone comes here with complaints or requests without thanksgiving or praise, don’t open this gate for the fellow”.

That is why when Jesus was teaching us to pray in Luke 11:1-4, He said we are to start with, “Our Father who hath in heaven, hallowed be thy name”.

If you start your prayers that way, you are guaranteed access to the presence of God, where you can then present your requests.

"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." John 4:23

Since the Father seeks true worshippers, it means that whenever you worship Him, you draw down His presence to wherever you are.

Psalm 22:3 says that He inhabits the praises of His children. You won’t have to struggle to get into His presence again, if you would just fill your heart with thanksgiving and praise.

ACTION POINT:
Spend at least one hour just praising God today.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PSALMS 141-150.

ENTERING GOD’S PRESENCE I

MEMORISE:
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. ISAIAH 26:2

READ: PSALMS 24:3-6
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.

MESSAGE:
The Bible tells us in Psalm 100:4 that the entrance into God’s presence has a gate.

When you see a gate in a place, you know it is there so as to restrict access. Whatever is inside the place must be so valuable that they don’t want any unauthorised person to have access to it.

There are many treasures in the presence of God and not just anybody can enjoy them. One of such treasures is fullness of joy Psalm 16:11 and liberty 2 Corinthians 3:17.

Anyone who has entered the presence of God will tell you that it is a place that you don’t want to ever come out from.

In 2 Corinthians 5:8, Apostle Paul said,

“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”

The first criterion for accessing God’s presence is holiness. God cannot stand sin. If you have any form of sin in your life, the gate into His presence will be shut against you. Psalm 24:3-4 says:

"Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."

Only those with clean hands and a pure heart can be allowed to ascend into the presence of the Lord.

If your hands have been soiled with sin, forget about it. If your heart is not pure, if you habour impure thoughts in that heart, the gate into God’s presence will be shut against you.

"Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter". Psalm 118:19

The gates into the presence of God are called the gates of righteousness; if you are not righteous, you cannot go through. The One whose presence you want to enter is a holy God; you must be holy before you can get in there.

Joseph had to shave and change his clothes before appearing before Pharaoh Genesis 41:14; how much more when you want to enter the presence of the King of kings.

KEY POINT:
To enter the presence of God, you must be holy.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PSALMS 134-140.

WHAT/WHO DO YOU WORSHIP?

MEMORISE:
"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?" - (Ezekiel 14:3)

READ: Exodus 20:3-5 (KJV)

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

MESSAGE:

When you ask people who or what they worship they are most likely to tell you 'God', but then' many people are worshipping other things or persons apart from God. Some people worship their spouses, children, money, some their bellies, some their image on social media and, believe it or not, some worship their means of transportation. When I was in the grammar school, we had a teacher who had a bicycle that he loved so much. Whenever he got to a place that was muddy, he would get down from the bicycle and carry it across. He preferred for his feet to get dirty than his bicycle. He worshipped his bicycle.

Many come to God in prayers and get nothing from Him because He can see in their heart that there is an idol there. He knows that they only worship Him with their mouths, that their hearts are far from Him (Matthew 15:. Since He is not their God, then He ignores them. If at all the Lord answers, He does so according to the idols in their hearts.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols. - (Ezekiel 14:4)

In Numbers 22:19-35, Balaam valued the treasures that the king promised him more than the instruction of God. After God had told him not to heed the king's call, he still went back to God when the servants came back to ask if he should go, so God answered him according to the idol in his heart, telling him to go. On his way, there was an angel waiting to kill him. Had it not been for the eyes of his donkey that were opened to see the angel, he would have been dead as a result of the idol of greed in his heart.

Our God is a jealous God. He said in Exodus 34:14, "For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God".

The moment you regard anyone or anything above God, He will leave you alone and believe me honestly, the worst thing that can ever happen to a person is for God to leave him or her.

REFLECTION:
Do a thorough check on your heart and be honest with yourself. If there is something you regard higher than God, ask Him for mercy today.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: PSALMS 120-133

OBEY YOUR PASTOR

MEMORISE:
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread and in prayers.
ACTS 2:42

READ: HEBREWS 13:17-18
17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give , that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

MESSAGE
If you have chosen someone to be your pastor, then it is only right that you obey him or her.

There are many people who call me Daddy and say I am the spiritual authority over them but I know that they are only deceiving themselves because they do not obey my instructions when they are contrary to what they want.

If you don’t obey the fellow with spiritual authority over you, then you are not really under his covering. Obey your pastor so that whatever God wants to give you through him or her can get to you.

"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give , that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." Hebrews 13:17

A pastor’s work becomes easy when he or she has a cooperative congregation who practice what they are taught from the pulpit.

When you hear a message from the altar that is in line with the word of God, do it. If I show you in the Scriptures where God says you should do that thing, then you have to obey. If you disobey the word of God from the altar, it is not really the pastor you are disobeying but the Lord who sent him.

There are many people who obey the word of God partially. They obey the Scriptures they find convenient and ignore the rest. The reason many of such people don’t get their expected results as Christians is that their obedience is not complete. Until your obedience is complete, you cannot resist the devil and see him flee. James 4:7 says you must submit to God first.

Please my beloved, don’t be stubborn like the Israelites, constantly provoking Moses to the point where he eventually got angry and took an action that caused God to prevent him from entering into the Promised land. Numbers 20:1-12.

Don’t discourage or provoke your pastor; rather, encourage him or her by submitting to his or her authority. Philemon 1:21.

ACTION POINT:
Do something for your pastor today to encourage him or her for all the labour he or she exerts over you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PSALM 107-111.

ALONE WITH GOD

MEMORISE:
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. LUKE 4:42

READ: PSALMS 84:1-12
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who ing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

MESSAGE:
The greatest experiences a man can have in life are drawn from the moments he spends alone with God. Those are times when destinies are shaped.

If you look through the Scriptures and study people who achieved great feats for God, you will notice that all of them spent quality time alone with God.

In Exodus 24:18, Moses had been on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights spending time alone with God. No wonder he is the only man who ever saw God. After seeing the back of God in Exodus 33:23, the Bible says the glory that shone on his face was so bright that people could not look at him.

That is what happens when you spend time with God: His glory rubs off on you and it is evident to everyone around you.

Many times when the Bible talks about Elijah, he was on the mountain top.

You go to the mountain top because you want to get away from where people are so that you can be alone with God.

What was the result of Elijah’s constant fellowship with God? He could call down fire from heaven anytime he wanted. He was also the first prophet to ever bring the dead back to life.

It is in those times that you spend with God that He enlarges your capacity to do greater things than you used to.

Joseph was a very busy man in Potiphar’s house, overseeing his master’s many great possessions. All that time that he was busy, he didn’t grow beyond being a dreamer. When he was locked up in prison however, he had time to be alone with God and grew from being a dreamer to becoming an interpreter of dreams.

Your greatest potential will only be realised when you spend quality time alone with God. During Jesus’ earthly ministry, He never joked with His quiet time. Luke 6:12, 21:37. No wonder He was able to fulfil His destiny as tough as it was.

Be intentional about spending quality time with God – praising Him, praying, fasting, studying and meditating on His word.

Don’t joke with your quiet time with God, it is your most important meeting every day.

REFLECTION:
How many minutes/hours do you spend alone with God daily?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
PSALMS 104-106.

WHEN GOD STEPS IN

MEMORISE:
In God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God.
PSALM 62:7

READ: EXODUS 14:9-28
9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 And it came to , that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

MESSAGE:
When God steps into the situation of a man, we call it a divine encounter.

A divine encounter is actually a collision between God - with His supernatural powers and human beings - with their helplessness.

In Luke 7:11-15, a widow – on her way to bury her only son met Jesus – in whose presence is fullness of joy Psalm 16:11. The result was a collision that caused joy to swallow up sorrow. The widow’s sorrow ended and she returned home rejoicing.

The Almighty God is going to collide with you today and you will experience a great transformation, in Jesus’ name.

During one of our programmes some years ago, the Lord gave me a revelation for someone in the meeting and I announced:

“The Lord said there is someone here who should have been married but the mother says she would not get married. If the mother does not repent, she will be dead within a week”.

A lady that was of a marriageable age believed the word was for her and she went home to tell her mother. The next day, the mother, furious, came with her to see me, saying, “My daughter came and informed me that you said I will die within a week”.

I told her exactly what God had said, explaining that I hadn’t mentioned any name. After this, she asked the girl to leave the office, then turned to me,

“It is not that I don’t want her to marry. It’s just that she is the one taking care of me. Once she marries, there will be no one to take care of me”.

I replied, “That is not a problem; I will talk to the husband and they will continue to take care of you”. The mother then said, “In that case, she can marry”. Six months later, the daughter was married.

In our Bible reading for today, we saw how God stepped into the situation of the Israelites and brought doom upon the Egyptians.

This tells us that we must be careful when dealing with children of God because Jesus can decide to step into the situation at any time.

When He decides to step into a situation, you had better be sure that you are on His side. If you surrender to Him willingly, then He will collide with all the forces against you but if you are not on His side, a collision with Him will bring about a negative result like it did for the Egyptians.

PRAYER POINT:
Father, please step into my situation and collide with any force opposing me, in Jesus’ name.

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PSALMS 95-103.

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In the same vain Jesus Christ paid the price by which we are reconnected back to the Almighty God by dying for us all.

We urgently need to reconnect with the Almighty God because He does not want anyone of us to perish. He loves us so much that's why He sent His only son Jesus Christ to die for us all. Reconcile with Him today and be saved. God bless us all.

Strange Occurances Cont'd


Recall I mentioned earlier that a particular DEMON comes to my house and ran away that day prophet Dike Power and I were coming upstairs for prayers. This is the same demon I told u I usually sense around my house when I pray at night. It makes me have goosebumps/pimples when it's around. It was released into the PILLOW when I brought home that money KABIYESI gave to me. It was thereafter used as a weapon to destroy my family. It was all planned before now by them.

At this stage, their target was my wife and one of my children. It made my wife very very sick, especially when she is inside her bedroom. It was so bad that no drug worked on her. Her head was always swollen, paining her and she can't do anything, can't cover her head, can't barbe it, can't even sleep like I mentioned earlier. Once she leaves the house, it will reduce and she will feel a little cheerful but the moment she comes into the house, her mood will automatically change and the moment she gets into her room, everything gets worse and all the problems will start all over again.

One day Prophet Dike Power told me to confront the DEMON and ask it to leave. I waited till 12 midnight and I started by reminding the demon who owns the house, who the man of the house is, who has authority in the house and under who's authority am working with. I excercised my authority by commanding it to leave my house in the name of Jesus Christ in accordance to the book of LUKE 10:19 and I asked it to never come back again. After saying these, I opened the front door and told it in a BOLD and FIRM VOICE to leave, never to come back to my house or hurt my family again. I took SALT and poured a handful on specific points in all the house starting from my wife's bedroom where it stays most times. These drove the demon out of the house and that was it!!!

Strange Occurances Cont'd


That as a confirmation to tell us what he said is true, it will start from someone related to my father by blood. That it's a she. He mentioned that she is one of them but we must not contribute when they are burying her but can attend her burial if we wish to attend. A month later my AUNTY ULU died!!! And she all of a sudden came to Ph to see her daughter. Since I started staying in Ph for over 10years, Iv never heard that she came to Ph but this time she came and next thing I heard was that she came and is dead. Like joke like joke, she was moved to the mortuary...

As she was buried, 3 others died. The last one will be buried soon as we speak. I vividly when he called and told me that the first one is dead. That was when AUNTY ULU died!! Meanwhile he is in Benin and he has never come to our village or seen any member of my family before including my dad...as they are dying, things are gradually easing off for me.

What is paining me most about her death is why would she be involved in this whole thing?I was too close to her. I loved her like a mom. I practically stayed in her house most of my holiday periods in Lagos when I was in the UNIVERSITY. I pray for someone today, may ur destiny not be destroyed by ur own blood in Jesus Christ name...amen. As these death are occuring, things around me starts getting better and better by the day. This is very strange to me. May the Almighty God continue to save his own people in Jesus Christ name amen.

Strange Occurances Cont'd


Before we started the prayers, we arranged the mirrows on the middle rug in the living room. 4 in a big square format and 3 in the middle row. As we started the prayers, I stood opposite my wife and we prayed in agreement. As we prayed, Prophet Dike Power announced that the first woman who threatened that I would loose everything I own appeared and some other faces from around me. Familiar faces...and he asked us to to break each mirrow as they appeared. After the prayers, he told us they will not only stop monitoring us but they will begin to die one after the other...he specifically said this would not only affect that woman, but also there would be deaths in my village and beyond starting from those who are INVOLVED in the witches craft in my family.

As we finished this prayers, PROPHET EMMANUEL from Benin called me and told me that those involved in that the whole people involved in the WITCH CRAFT will start dying one after the other. That he just got off the phone with my dad now. He told him that someone related to him by BLOOD will die first before others who are aware of the whole thing and who have a hand in it will begin to fall and die one after the other...

Strange Occurances Cont'd


As time went on, I discovered that sometimes at night, I will sense some negative energies in my house. I later found out that the DEMON which was sent to attack my wife and children comes, stays, leaves and comes back every now and then. I noticed it at night when I pray. It didn't just try to attack my people, it also gives them on whatever we say at home.

One day Prophet Dike Power called and while we were praying on phone, he said this same thing I said earlier. He talked about the MONITORING SPIRITS following us all around and their eyes being all over us. This is in line with what those two WITCHES said to me that they have been watching us all, since we were all born and know our every step we take! He told me he will be coming for a prayer session in my house and I was more than pleased at this news.

Before he came to my house, he asked me to buy 7 small mirrows, palm oil and look for 7 pebbles. I also got anointing oil and water with which we used to pray, wash our hands and legs, then sprinkled all over the house. As he came to my house, on the stair case, he almost fell down because of one strange breeze at the staircase. A strange force ran out of my house upon sighting us. We both noticed it at the staircase when we heard someone climbing down the staircase in a hurry, as we were going up. I later used style to ask him and he confirmed my observations.

Strange Occurances Cont'd


Another is very BIG CATS started conveying in my compound by 12 midnight on a daily basis. We didn't know what was going on because we are mostly upstairs until I complained about a noise I hear every midnight to our security man. He told me Oga, e get big big cats wey dey come every night and them dey plenty gather around for night for downstairs. I don see them plenty times especially from midnight Sir. I wasn't surprised!

I took my time and asked him what else he has noticed since late last year that seem very strange to him in the compound. He said around December 2022 shortly before I came back to PH, there was a day that a BIG BLACK OWL came to the house. It landed on his own roof in the AFTERNOON and was there for a long time. It was just turning it hear around and around. He said what baffled him was that it CAME in the afternoon and the appearance was scary (Black and very Big).

I took just WATER, mixed with ANOINTING OIL which Prophet Dike Power prayed over and asked the security man to sprinkle it around the premises ONCE. As he did, I told him to be saying the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, and that was it! They never came back to that house again till date!!

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Strange Occurances Cont'd

Another thing I noticed is that all of a sudden, after the birds stopped coming to the house, we started hearing noise on our ceiling every night. The noise starts around 10 to 12 midnight or by midnight on a daily basis. From that noise, rats from nowhere started climbing down from the ceiling into the kitchen and the sitting room. They usually come down from inside the Ac. Now I took my time to check the possibility and it was very very thin. This Ac in question is brand new and has little or no hole that can accommodate such size of rats. This was very strange to us because we have never experienced rats in that very house before for over 5years of our living there. Prophet Dike came to the house and SPOKE about MONITORING SPIRITS following us everywhere and their presence in the house. During his prayer for us, he blessed water and we sprinkled it around the house. The rats suddenly disappeared till date!

Strange Occurances Cont'd


After some days, that same bird came back again. As soon as I saw it, I recognized it. It followed me again and this time around, I used a stronger form of prayer to address it. I described the bird in the exact form it comes and DECREED that any time it comes to my bedroom window, other windows (I mentioned their locations by being specific) or anytime it touches the roof of the house or lands anywhere in the compound/premises, let the fire of the HOLY GHOST consume it in Jesus Christ name and I said amen. The bird flew away immediately and never came back again!!!

After some days another two different ones came. The landed at the right window of our masters bedroom and flew to the left side window by instruction. As I was watching them with my wife, my SPIRIT asked me to look outside the right WINDOW. I did and it showed me 2 big BLACK birds on the roof of the opposite compound. It told me to watch them closely. As I watched, I noticed that the one on the left was giving commands to the other two birds which flew from the right window to the left side. While the second black bird just stood and watched me eye ball to eye ball. Once it says something, the other two by my left window will move, act and respond back accordingly!! Incredible but true!!! At a time the quiet bird screamed at the other two and they also responded immediately and started looking at my wife and I made the same DECREE I did for the other bird using their exact description and ended with the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and they all flew away and never came back to the compound again till date.

Strange Occurances Cont'd


Another day while I was preaching in the estate near my house, another two CROWs which followed me to church, also followed me to where I was standing. Immediately I spoke openly about them and pointed towards them, they flew away and came back after a short while in a different form using 2 brown pidgins. The thing about them is that once I see them, I always recognize them..this had happened severally in different places and after sometime, I got used to them. Each time they come/follow me, my SPIRIT always tell me and points them out to me, no matter the number of birds that may be PRESENT there.

I always told my wife about these strange things but she didn't take it serious until it happened right in front of her. Before that day it happened in front of her, I had several encounters with them. One day, one brown bird was on my window and I felt it was a normal bird because it was only one. As it was by my bedroom window, I felt it was looking at its reflection on the window. As I went to the bathroom to get something, I noticed the same bird flew and came there. As I left the bathroom and went to the children's bedroom, the same bird came there too!! I was shocked...as I returned to the masters bedroom, it came back and was staring at me. And I said in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I command u to leave. And the bird turned around and left!!!

Strange Occurances

As these events unfolded, there were lots of strange occurances I noticed on several occasions. I will mention a few. One was that I noticed that birds always followed me up and down to anywhere I go to. To the church, eatery, market, to preach along the road etc.

It didn't occured to me until after a long time before I noticed them. They like to use so many different types of birds like CROW (black and white colour), Vulture, brown or black pidgin and smaller birds of various colours and sizes. Normally they come in twos and work hand in glove. One remarkable difference about them is that they don't play like every other birds around, their focus is strictly on u and they are not easily scared except through commands in the name of Jesus Christ.

One day, as we went to do evangelism with some of my people in church, I noticed two crows that has been following me from my house. So I stopped along the road and one of them landed very close to where I was standing while the other stood some feet away from the first one. Because I know who they are (MONITORING SPIRITS), I looked at them and starting asking them if they are not tired of following me up and down wherever I go? As I spoke to them, one came forward towards me. As in very close to me and my body started having goosebumps immediately it came very close. I tried scaring it away but it wouldn't bulge...the next day, I feel sick for the next one week...

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Is this the end of the story?

No. patience is key.

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Nice one coming from the Oga of Police. Please let's obey him and have respect for his office.

In the same way, let also OBEY the Almighty God, who has sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ to die for us all. Let's put Him first in all our ways. Without Christ in our lives, we will live in crisis. SALVATION is free through Jesus Christ because He has already paid all the PRICE we deserve to pay on the CROSS of CALVARY. Put God first and witness a positive change in all that partains u starting from today. God bless us all...


Shalom!!!

PH City Cont'd

The next day I picked up my phone and called CY, Emeka, and all my debtors and told them am around. I was invited to the Police station located in GRA pH, and first thing the next day, I reported there. When I got there, the IPO who seemed to be their friend made everything worse by always pouring fuel into the already heated situation. They tried making the matter unnecessary difficult for me, but God kept His promise by quenching every issue they brought up against me. We reached an agreement for me to be paying a specific amount monthly. As this went on, Emeka and CY also went and alerted the other two people I also owed that I have started making payment to CYs younger brother. They also started threatening me and I reached an agreement with them and followed it till date..