April 2016 Messages

A New Season

April 3, 2016

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. (Psalm 30:5)

A new season is an experience that is positively different from what has been experienced before. It is also a season of God’s direction and guidance (Isaiah 50:7, 30:21, 18). It is a season of favour, gladness and peace since weeping may last for a night and joy comes in the morning.

Season means period, term, flavour, spice etc. New is something novell, original, fresh. New season therefore refers to novel, original and fresh spicy flavoured period of life.

When a security guard becomes the CEO a new season commences or better still the security guard moves into the office of the prime minister a new season has indeed started as it did for Mordecai in Esther 2:21, 3:2-3; 8:2 ....or a slave, not an immigrant or citizen becomes a prime minister as God did for Daniel in Daniel 1:2-3; 2:46-49....or a prisoner becomes a prime minister as God did for Joseph in Genesis 41:14, 38-46. For someone reading this you are about to go into a new season of change of levels.

You may have been weeping, your period of mourning and weeping – your night may have been long…joy is coming your way in Jesus name.

18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. God has been waiting, watching like the father of the prodigal son, to welcome you into His provision, He is eager to settle you.

19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (Isaiah 30) In this season, God will guide you clearly and you shall weep no more in Jesus name, because He will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry, He will hear it and answer you.

I heard about a gateman/security guard that ended up marrying his boss a Phd holder, and subsequently became a Phd holder and CEO of the company in which he was previously a gateman.

When your season comes, God helps you and you will not be put to shame in line with Isaiah 50:7: The Almighty LORD helps me. That is why I will not be ashamed. I have set my face like a flint. I know that I will not be put to shame. (Isaiah 50:7)

When your season comes, you will not be distracted or miss it in Jesus name (John 5:4):

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-- whatever they do prospers. (Psalm 1:3)

Taking hold of a new seasons benefits demands the performance of seasonal actions in their right timing. You don’t plant during harvest time or register for exams after the exams have been written. We must not be like the lazy: The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing. (Proverbs 20:4)

God is determined to send showers of blessings, I pray you will be a partaker of the blessing in Jesus name.

I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26)

God’s promises are yes and amen (so be it) and may that be your portion in Jesus name. According to Deuteronomy 28:

…11"The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.12"The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13"The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully,…(Deuteronomy 28)

For a new season to start in the physical, it must start in the spiritual by yielding your heart to the One who owns and controls all the seasons. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, the Bible says:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Therefore a new season starts with a new creation. Your new creation is supported by a new heart according to Ezekiel 36:26:

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. (Ezekiel 36:26)

Prayers:

1. Give thanks.

2. Are you saved? If not please pray the prayers on the Life page before continuing the prayers.

3. Every siege against my new season, be broken to pieces in the name of Jesus.

4. Father, by fire and by force I enter into my new season of open doors, promotion and success in Jesus mighty name.

5. Let the earth yield its increase for me in Jesus name.

6. What was difficult will become easy in Jesus name.

7. God will open my eyes to see solutions and ways forward in Jesus name.

8. Promotion, increase and supernatural lifting is my portion in Jesus name.

9. Every agenda of the kingdom of darkness for me and my family be destroyed in Jesus name.

10. Personal prayer points

11. Give thanks

Exceeding Abundantly

April 24, 2016

20 Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

21 To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3)

Exceeding means beyond, above, over and above or greater than. Abundantly means richly, lavishly, not sparing any expense, giving without holding back. Exceeding abundantly therefore refers to God’s ability to open to you limitless, unending, unstoppable blessings that will make you and others fear. Welcome to fearful blessings (Psalm 67:7). In Genesis 15:1, God introduced Himself to Abraham as a shield and exceeding great reward. I pray God will be your shield and exceeding great reward in Jesus name. In Genesis 17:1, He is introduced as the Almighty, the unlimited God, who is more than enough to meet your needs.

I heard a testimony some time ago. Due to restructuring in a company, some people were about to be fired from their jobs, rumours already had it that by the time the workers come in on Monday, they would be receiving their termination letters/notices. One of the brothers involved is a Christian. Over the weekend, when the officers showed the list of workers affected to the head of the company, he said why are you letting this person go, I know him, he is dedicated, hardworking and faithful, to which the officers responded in the affirmative, but Sir, they said, everyone at his level must go, as that level is being phased out; to which the boss responded, how about the next level? Then promote him to the next level. When others were receiving termination notices, he got a letter of promotion. The evil destroying others will not touch you in Jesus name.

Jacob a former swindler, cheat and supplanter; after being cheated 10 times was made exceedingly great by revelation (Genesis 31:10-13; 30:37-43). God revealed to him how to change his situation and become wealthy despite his afflictions. The meaning of his name means to ‘trip up’ or ‘overthrow’; ‘disposes’, ‘to replace one thing with another’. When he reconciled himself to God, by owning up to himself and God by admitting (paraphrased): God I have been cheating everyone, including myself, I took my brother’s birthright, deceived my father, dispossessed my brother from his blessing; it felt good then as if I was winning, but now I am on the run, using stones for a pillowcase. If you will accept me Lord, I also know I have been stealing from you God by not paying you your tithes, but from now on I turn a new leaf, I will pay my tithes. God accepted him, promised He will help him, fulfil his dreams and support him (Genesis 28:15). Notwithstanding, Laban another trickster, played Jacob’s card back to him, by cheating Jacob 10 times (Genesis 31:7).

To enter exceeding abundantly provisions you have to be a person of Revelation. We’ve already seen how God revealed what changed Jacob’s wealth and destiny to him. Through revelation God delivered Daniel and his friends from death and instead of death, gave them promotion in Daniel chapter 2. Through revelation, the sons of Issachar ruled and gave directions, while others followed. By revelation and following God’s guidance, He helped me to develop a straightforward and unique way of performing reconciliations of oil well costs as a consultant at Mobil Oil. God By revelation, Joseph moved from being a prime prisoner to become the prime minister of Egypt.

God said I should announce to someone: Your siege is over (seven times).

To enter into the abundant life by revelation, you must:

1. Love God with all your heart, be sold out to Him - be ready to sacrifice your all, even when it is not convenient like Peter in Luke 5:1-7.

2. Be an obedient worshipper, giver and cheerful servant as stated in 2 Corinthians 9:7, or in Exodus 25, where people kept on giving and giving out of love until they over gave; until they had too much for God’s work and had to be forced to stop giving. Your giving may be your time, intellect, skills, etc.

3. Accept the responsibility to develop, build your knowledge of God (Ephesians 4:13), growing your faith by praying in the Holy Spirit according to Jude 20, pleasing God by walking in faith in line with Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 1:17. Sometimes we expect God to manifest in His greatness and He is willing and able to do that, but there are some things that needs to be done to activate those expectations. James wrote in James 2:18, show me your faith without works and I will show you my faith by my works. Know God’s word, declare it; walk in obedience and be prayerful, without which that expectation may not come to pass, because prayers changes promises to performance; and do not doubt. (Mark 11:22-24, Jeremiah 1:10, 51:20)

“Our praying needs to be pressed and pursued with an energy that never tires, a persistency which will not be denied, and a courage that never fails.”
― E.M. Bounds

God does nothing but in answer to prayer. John Wesley

Prayers:

1. Give thanks

2. Are you saved? If not please pray the prayers on the Life page before continuing the prayers.

3. Every force trying to hold me down or set me back be destroyed by fire, in Jesus name.

4. Lord, today, I ascend to my high place of promotion in Jesus name.

5. Everything in me or any power that wants to hinder my success and progress, be destroyed in Jesus mighty name.

6. I will stand before kings and princes in honour and not before mean men in Jesus name.

7. Supernatural wealth will be mine in Jesus name.

8. My glory, honour, favour, joy peace, held up or locked away by evil powers, be released and come to me in Jesus name.

9. I rise after the order of the eagles in Jesus name.

10. I arise into honour and shining by revelation after the order of Daniel and Joseph in Jesus name.

11. I will not be held back anymore in Jesus name.

12. I am delivered from every work of darkness now in Jesus name.

13. Failure at the edge of breakthrough an end has come to your reign in my life, family and destiny in Jesus name.

14. I receive deliverance from antagonism, rejection, regression, retrogression and backwardness of every kind in Jesus mighty name!

15. I reject loss of every kind in Jesus mighty name.

16. Promotion, increase and supernatural lifting is my portion in Jesus name.

17. Every agenda of the kingdom of darkness for me and my family backfire in Jesus name.

18. Peace and prosperity is my portion in Jesus mighty name.

19. Personal prayer points

20. Give thanks