Setting the pace for delivery of your miracles this year-2012

Text:Exodus 14:15,Isaiah 42:10-16,45:2-3 This is the year of the demonstration of God's glory in the Church. There will be surprise miracles this year for addicted heartfelt thanksgivers.The grace of God will produce miracles beyond expectation for addicted heart worshippers this year. They will receive exceedingly ,abundantly above what they have been expecting all these years(that they have been thinking about and saying) (Ephesians 3:20) Be blessing and miracles conscious(grace conscious)by remembering the finished work on the cross and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and they will manifest in your life. But how can I connect to my blessings and miracles this year? By the continuous hearing of the gospel of grace and keeping it in your memory(Galatians 3:5) and giving glory to God through thanksgiving, praise and worship continuously and see God manifest His goodness, grace, mercy and the blessings in proclaiming His covenant names this year in your life, family and ministry.(Exodus 33:18-19) When you sing,praise and worship God continually this year, God will prevail against the enemies of your breakthrough:make waste mountains and hills,make rivers islands,dry up the pools hindering the manifestation of your long awaited miracles. He will bring his servant who is blind in the way of breakthrough by making darkness light and making the crooked paths straight: by breaking the gates of brass and bars of iron obstructing their blessings and giving them the riches of secret places. God will do this unto you and will not forsake you.So be ready to join the heavenly choir in heart felt singing, thanksgiving,praise and worship this year. That is the key that will unlock all miracles this year.

Making your faith to produce result-Part 1

Text: Ephesians 1:3, 2:8-10, Matthew 9:29, Hebrews 4:2 Faith Plus the "Rhema" Word of God is the currency in heavenly places. Our text tells us that God had blessed us already in Christ with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. Every physical blessing or thing have a spiritual origin or component.(Romans 1:20)and respond the word of God spoken in faith. We access these blessings by releasing our faith.the currency of heaven is our faith and the Word of God.When God sees our faith, the Spirit of graceis bound to supply. Jesus said be it unto you according to your faith. There are good works and blessings already prepared for us before the foundation of the world. We access them by faith. All things are possible with faith. The next blog we will learn how we receive this faith.God bless

GAINING ACCESS TO OUR INHERITANCE

Text: John 5:19,30 One of the greatest challenge of the Christian is knowing the benefits that accompany salvation(Hebrews 6:9) and not enjoying it or falling short of it. The Bible says it is due to lack of knowledge(Hosea 4:6) and a lack of vision(Proverbs 29:18). Many Christians may say i have some knowledge in the area of my need.For example, i know that"by his stripes I am healed", why am i still not healed.The scriptures says in 2 Corinthians 3:6, that it is the spiritual understanding or revelation knowledge of the word of God that produces our blessings or life.Infact the letter ministers death or failure. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 14:6 of different levels of understanding including:a)Doctrine or something to be learned b)Prophesy or something that can edify or inspire or comfort c)knowledge or something we understand well enough to teach others and d)revelation or that which transforms. If we take understanding to mean that which we see then it means we must have faith vision or the spiritual sense of seeing. We are not the doers. God is the Source and the Doer(James 1:17).We are conduits or channels through which God does things on this earth. We are instruments through which God manifests His glory and will and power on this earth as it is in heaven.It is all about God and what He wants and not about us at all. Yield the right of way to Him today in every area of your life. Ho owns you. You are His reasure(Exodus 19:5) Our connection to God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ is through the Holy Spirit in us. He unites us(God, the Father, God, the Son,God the Holy Spirit and the Body of Christ) in our spirits. But we are bidimensional, that is we have the ability to switch to the flesh or the spirit. The Holy Spirit leads us in all our journey here on earth and to eternity in heaven.It is our communion with the Holy Spirit expressed in true fellowship and partnership with the Holy Spirit(Acts 5:30-32) in envangelism to reconcile mankind to God that releases God's grace(favor) and love,the perquisites for enjoying our inheritance.(2 Corinthians 13:14) from our Head, Lord and Master, Jesus Christ and ultimately from Abba Father. If we neglect our partnership with the Holy Spirit and His leadership role in bringing us to our destiny,we will shortchange ourselves of our blessings, and we will continue and may ultimately end up in perpertual struggle with sin, sickness, poverty and may end up losing our place in heaven.Until we yield to the leadership of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of holiness will not declare us as sons and daughters of God with power as He did for Christ.(Romans 1:4). Without power, we are at the mercy of the spirit of iniquity and the devil, to steal, kill and destroy our blessings, God forbid. For example the condition for access to our inheritance in Acts 26:18, 20:32, Ephesians 5:5-8,1 Corinthians 6:9, Collosians3:5, is that we should be sanctified and do righteousness(1John 3:7).Sin, transgression and iniquity are as a result of unrenewed mind and pressures from the devil to make us fall from grace.The Bible tells us in Titus 3:5 ans 1 Peter1:2. that the Holy ghost renews our mind and sanctifies us.However the Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:4 that it is our responsibility to possess our vessel in sanctifcation and honor, because we have been called to holiness and not to uncleanliness(vs7). As we commit ourselves to genuine thirst and hunger for holiness and righteousness to fulfil the purpose of our being chosen and for our creation:to serve God in love in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives(Ephesians1:4, Luke 1:74-75), yielding to the leadership and obedience of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God through earnest prayers, sincere and continual worship, study and meditating the Word of God and being Christ-like,the Holy Spirit has promised that He will empower us to be holy and do righteously and do all the spiritual activities. THE ONLY CONDITION IS FOR US TO THIRST AND HUNGER(Isaiah 41:17-18) Without the empowerment of the Spirit of God, walking and living in the Spirit, and obeying God is practically impossible. So today yield to the Spirit through sincere thirst and hunger for His leadership and to please God; and let him direct what you say and do, like Jesus did in our text; and then you will start living the abundant life promised and covenanted to every kingdom child of God. God bless you.

Before You Pray , Do You have a Faith Vision?

Text: Mark 11:24, Habakkuk 2:2, Genesis 13:15, Matthew 8:13, Proverbs 29:18 Without faith vision in prayers, we may not get the expected results. To make our praying different we must pray FROM THE ANSWER...WITH THE ANSWER IN MIND...from the answer to the issue or circumstances. This is how we pray. We pray from God's promise which is His answer already formed or painted on the canvas of our hearts as a vision or image and expect it to be fulfilled. This is calling those things that be not (in the physical but exist in the spiritual realm in our hearts) as though they were-that is faith. The Bible answers to every situation. We learn always to do "everything by prayer and supplications with thanksgiving" and learn to "live by every Word of God" according to Philippians 4:6, 7; Luke 4:4. However before we pray we must hold the vision of the answer clearly in our heart and mind first. Start seeing on the inside of you, the person you prayed for as already healed; start seeing your bank account filled with the financial breakthrough you prayed for. See yourself healed and prospering; enjoying abundant life; living in a better accommodation; anointed and healing the sick; see yourself bringing many souls into the kingdom; see yourself as an overcomer ; see that intractable problem resolved etc.Habbakuk 2:2 says we should first have a vision; then write down the vision. In Genesis 13:15, God told Abraham that all the land which he sees will be given to him. We don’t get what we pray for, but what we believe we receive when we pray. Jesus in Mark 11:24 tells us that what we believe after praying is what we will have. Therefore when you are praying pay attention to what you are seeing in your inside. If the vision is not the right vision or there is no vision at all, stop! change it before you pray. Prayer is the key to heaven, but faith unlocks the door. The Bible says in Proverbs 29:18, the people perish for lack of vision. There must be faith for prayers to be answered. Faith is impotent without faith vision-which is your hope built into a picture or image in your heart. We do this through our thoughts and imaginations empowered by our feelings and strong emotions. We have learnt that promises of God predict the answers to our prayers and they are the formwork into which we pour our prayers. Promises like “All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22); If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:14), when applied to any situation or circumstances in our lives through first visioning and then released with our mouth with our heart believing and seeing the answer on the inside will cause the blessings to come, because the Triune God, Angels, even the adversaries, mankind and the whole creation all respond when the Word of God is released into the air from our hearts or spirit man through our mouths. God bless you richly in Jesus Name.

Moving from Dream to Destiny through Faith Vision

Text: 1 John 1:1-3, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Mark 4:24, Matthew 13:13-16 The scriptures says in Isaiah 42:19-20 "“Who is blind , but my servant? or deaf as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant? Seeing many things but thou observest not; opening the ears but he heareth not.” ; in Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keepeth the law happy is he"; and in Hosea 4:6 , " my people perish for lack of knowledge" So scriptural vision is related to the knowledge of the Word of God and keeping the law(the Word of God) We understand that true vision is simply the unfolding of God’s plan concerning you and me through Jesus Christ (the Living Word of God) and implemented through partnership with the Holy Spirit(keeping the law or doing the Word of God). Since we are joint heirs with Christ; He is the Head and we are members of His body. We are the sheep .He is the Shepherd. The vision of Christ is the overall vision for the body of Christ.That is to seek and save them that are lost,(Luke 19:10) and to expand the kingdom of God unitl it covers the whole earth(Daniel 2:35). There is a part of this vision that concerns you and me in the restoration of the earth and God’s creation back to Him. As we focus on and follow Jesus and the Holy Spirit guidance in our daily lives, we are fulfilling our vision and purpose in life, because without Him we cannot do nothing(John 15:5 , Matthew 4:19).Jesus told us His followers in John 16:5-15 to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in fulfilling our mandate. To do this we have to be blind and deaf to our senses and the world around us. How?Through total reliance, dependence and submission to the "logos" and the "rhema" Word of God. 1. Through “logos” we receive directions from the Word of God: Psalm 119:105,130, Hosea 4:6, John 6:63, Revelations 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:15, Hebrews 4:12, Psalm 1:3, Joshua 1:8 As we read, study, meditate, confess, pray and praise the Word of God and reverence the triune God we contact the knowledge of the Spirit(power) in the Word and the life(blessings) in the Word(John 6:63). We receive more of the spirit and life in the Word as we read and meditate and pray more the Word of God. The quantum of faith and grace which comes from the Word of God is multiplied as our knowledge of the Word increases (1 Peter 1:2). Therefore it is instructive that we spend quality time with the Word of God in reading, studying, meditating, praying, confessing and praising God, if we are to enjoy the abundant life, the Lord Jesus Christ purchased for us on the Cross of Calvary. All spiritual activities should evolve and be founded on the written Word of God. This is akeen to building up potential energy inside us. 2. Through “ Rhema” we receive instructions and guidance from the Holy Spirit on acting on the "logos" in side us:1 Corinthians 2:9-11, John 14:10,24; Revelation 2:29,3:22 With logos inside us , we are prepared to hear “rhema” from the Holy Spirit on how , what and when to apply the logos and the instructions on what to do to manifest our inheritance we have in Christ in us for abundant and blessed life and to be a channel of blessings to others. “Rhema” is akeen to converting potential energy to kinetic energy. Through obeying “rhema” , blessings and power in the Word of God are released into our lives and through us to others in the world (John 7:37).The Spirit of God is always speaking “rhema” to us. (Revelation 2:29,3:22) We have to listen and attend to Him to hear. Take heed what you hear.(Mark 4:24). We have to create the environment to hear from the Spirit through meditation on the Word of God or on the vision we have received(Acts 10:19), singing songs like in holy solemnity and gladness of heart(Isaiah 30:29), hymns, and speaking psalms to ourselves(Ephesians 5:18) and through praying without ceasing especially praying in the Spirit(1 Corinthians 14:2). In the last days, there will be a famine of the “rhema” words of the LORD from the Holy Spirit(Amos 8:11-13) and therefore a famine of blessings and power , because people will be wandering from sea to sea, and from the north to the east ,running to and fro to seek the word of the LORD and shall not find it, and the fair virgins and yooung men shall faint for thirst. Therefore we must give attention to the “logos” or written Word of God and to the “rhema” or the voice of the Holy Spirit to keep and do the Word, manifest our inheritance and be a blessing to the world.”Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keepeth the law happy is he(Proverbs 29:18). Remember the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God, for the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain until now.(Romans 8:19-22) God bless you as you submit to the Word of God and the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit.

Harvesting Your Blessings: Understanding Your Abraham’s Heritage

Text: Genesis 26:1-14

Our text shows the challenges, the forerunner of Abraham’s heritage, Isaac had in his life. There was famine in the land, Gerar .He using his five senses sought for ways out-leave Gerar to Egypt. Gerar means land of meditation, typifying Zion where we meditate on our blessings and depend on the leadership and direction of the Holy Spirit, while Egypt typifies the World when we apply our five senses based on worldly precepts to reach our goals. He thought by turning to the world and through self effort, he could get out of the famine applying his five senses or that his challenges were as a result of his location or other externalities and influences. The loving Almighty Father, knowing that what he lacked was the knowledge of who he is, and the knowledge of his inheritance from I AM in Abraham, checked him and redirected his focus, attention and consciousness appropriately to the oath which, He, God had sworn to his father Abraham to bless him and his seed after him, and that they will possess the gate of their enemies. With the new consciousness, attention, direction, perspective engrafted in his heart, mind, spirit and soul by the Holy Spirit through meditation as foundation any seed sown yielded hundred fold from God. (Genesis 26:12). Before this understanding came any seed he sowed yielded nothing because there was no foundation or good soil in the heart, mind, spirit and soul to sow the seed on, and the Holy Spirit was not involved, and therefore there was no harvest. All he needed was to commence his outreach of seed sowing for a better life by understanding his inheritance from God through meditation on the Word of God concerning Abraham his father‘s obedience to God the Father and the oath sworn to his father(Genesis 26:3-6). So Isaac connected to his inheritance by obeying God’s instructions to remain in Gerar in Philistines,; meditating on the Word of God and then sowing the seed continually for one year and became very great and was sought after by Kings and other great men because they understood God the Creator of heaven and earth hath blessed him greatly and was with him.

We harvest the blessings from our seed sown by understanding our connection to the Abraham’s heritage through our redemption in Christ, and then do what Isaac did to harvest his blessings.So how do the Gentile believer connect to Abraham’s blessing today? BY FAITH(Galatians 3:9,13-14, 29, 4:28)

Jesus purchased the redemption of the Gentile believer by becoming a curse for us by hanging on a tree to qualify us for the blessing sworn to Abraham on oath by God and giving us the Holy Spirit, the administrator and executor of the inherited blessings of Abraham. Jesus is the Seed of Abraham and the inheritor of Abraham’s blessings (Galatians 3:16,29). Once we receive Christ and become his followers and genuine members of his body, hating evil and departing from evil(iniquities) which He (Christ) came to take away through the shedding of His blood)(Acts 3:26, Matthew 1:21, John 1;29) we become the manifest seed of Abraham, and joint heirs with Christ to Abraham’s blessings and joint heirs of the world.(Romans 4:13).

Now as Isaac is, so we are,(Galatians 4:28) we should then do what Isaac did. What did Isaac do?

a)He meditated on the word of Oath sworn to his father Abraham-his Abraham's inherited blessings and internalized it in his soul, mind, heart and spirit. Therefore he does not need to struggle or seek for blessings in the world (Egypt) but rather to listen to instructions of the Holy Spirit.It is the blessing sworn to Abraham by God through Christ that maketh the believer rich and adds no sorrow(proverbs 10:22)and as the believer seeks the kingdom , the fruit of the blessing include power,riches, honor,strength, wisdom, glory and blessing begin to manifest to be seen by the world and we become blessings to the world.(Revelation 5:12)

b.Put God in remembrance of His promises through heartfelt prayers that makes tremendous power of God available to withstand opposition and make your seed fruitful(James 5:16).Remember Isaac intreated God for his wife Rebecca to be fruitful(Genesis 25:21).Promises and prophecies are made to producethrough warfare(1 Timothy 1:18-19,1 Corinthians 16:9)

c.Sow your seed continuously and keep the dynamics flowing.Let every need provoke in you the need to sow a seed. be more seed conscious than need conscious.(Galatians 6:7-9)

d.Praise and give thanks to God continuously for his mercy and grace of making you a partaker of Abraham's covenant blessings through redemption in Christ, and also for honoring his word of multiplying your seed sown.(Matthew 19:29). Let the earth praise and the earth will yield her increase(Psalm 67:5-7).The environment for multiplication, restoration and increase are created through heartfelt praise.(Hebrews 13:15, Psalm 16:11) or else the tree and branches will wither away (Joel 1:12), because of lack of joy,God forbid.

Abiding in Christ is to Continue daily in His Word

Text:John 15:7, 8:3-32

In our first text Jesus gives the condition for answered prayers: which is to abide in Him and His Word.In our second text, the word "abide" in my Word is rendered " to continue" in my Word, which is the qualification for discipleship of Christ.

Until we continue practicing God's Word we will not be His disciples indeed, and we will not know the truth which shall make us free.

The choice to practice daily the Word of God will make us free from challenges of life and assure answered prayers any time we pray.Once we make the choice to daily practice God's Word, the grace of God is available to enable us continue in His Word and then enjoy our inheritance in Christ.

Haphazard and unstable approach to practicing God's word , rising and falling daily will put the believer in bondage and make it difficult to receive answers to prayers.

God bless you in Jesus Name as you choose to continue in the practice of God's Word daily depending solely on the grace of God which is sufficient for us, alleluia.