Build

Build

 

“So the elders of the Jews continued to build and prosper under the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the temple according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. The temple was completed” (Ezra 6:14-15).

 

The building that had stalled has started again according to the word of GOD spoken through His prophets. As you build, the prophet and the governor will build with you. Some things will go wrong as you build but GOD will sort them out sooner than you expect.

 

 The LORD’S house will be built.

 

Sooner Than You Think

 

“...He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy,...” (Isaiah 11:3, 4).

 

Do not judge according to what your eyes see or what your ears hear. GOD will quickly sort out what would have normally taken a long time.

 

Interviews

A young woman sat for a written job interview yesterday. She had told me about it on Sunday, so, the Spirit of GOD reminded me to pray for her and I did. Well, she said that it went well and that she expected to be invited for another one – a verbal one this time. Well, we prayed again for a good report and parted ways.

 

I did not think about it again until I came across this (below) that GOD spoke years back. Therefore, I have good reason to believe that it applies to you as well.

 

Now, as I was copying and pasting it, GOD told me to include the second message that He gave me that day. I believe that it talks about a relationship issue more than anything else.

 

You had to step away for a while because of the mess but GOD went in and cleaned it up for you. It is now time to step back in.

 

This second part also reminded me of a fellowship I had with a young woman yesterday. It confirmed that she has to step away now so that GOD can clean up the mess in her relationship.

 

28^th November 2013

....Says the LORD

 

"‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty" (Zechariah 4:6).

 

• Interviews are being carried out in this season. Prepare yourself but remember that it is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Living GOD. Acknowledge the wisdom of GOD and you will succeed.
• It is cleanup day - the Spirit of GOD has gone ahead of you and cleaned up the way.

The Spirit of Death and Headaches

There is a spirit of death prowling around families. Come against it in Jesus’ name.

 

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

 

Headaches, sore throats, and coughs are ailing many in this season. No amount of medicine has been able to arrest them. They are satanic attacks. Pray against them, in Jesus’ name, remembering that by His stripes you are healed.

 

“For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. Since you are precious and honoured in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life” (Isaiah 43:3, 4).

 

Hide yourself and your loved ones in the blood of Jesus and do not forget to confess that GOD gives Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead!

 

Prayer

 

Heavenly Father, I thank you for revealing the plans of the devil to me. When you give me revelation, I know that my battle is won already. Right now, I come against the spirit of death that is hovering over my loved ones and me. I cancel death in the name of Jesus. I block, with the blood of Jesus, the mouths of all graves with our names on them. I block, with the blood of Jesus, all roads that the spirit of death would have used to gain access to my family and me. I use the blood of Jesus to block all roads that my loved ones and I would have used to lead us to any graves. Father, I thank you for you have given Egypt for our ransom, and Cush and Seba in our stead and men in exchange for our lives because we are precious and honored in your sight but also because you love us.

 

I now come against satanic headaches, sore throats, and coughs and I block all roads that lead them to us and us to them. I confess that by your stripes I am healed. I thank you, LORD, because you have heard me and answered already. In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.  

America and 'Absalom'

America

 

 

A few days back GOD revealed it to me that ‘America Back to GOD’ is not merely a name for a conference but a prophetic utterance. He said that indeed America has gone back to GOD. He then confirmed it in a conversation with a friend.

 

 

 

Absalom

 

Beware of incest as ‘Absalom’ fakes ailment and satiates his lust for his sister ‘Tamar’.

 

A son is going to betray his father and cunningly prize the ‘kingdom’ out of his hands just as Absalom did. I see the kingdom in form of a very successful business empire.

 

Due to the father’s indiscretion with ‘Bathsheba’, GOD is going to allow the son to sleep with his father’s concubines in broad daylight! Nonetheless, GOD will restore the kingdom to the father.

GOD Is Kind

I meet many people and I talk to just as many people. However, not everyone I meet and talk to obeys counsel and this saddens me. Some disobey the voice of GOD and refuse to follow the kingdom principles. However, it is very surprising that GOD is not as hard on them as we are! He is very gracious. GOD is kind.

 

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room

enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the LORD Almighty” (Malachi 3:10-11).

 

I met a certain woman a few years ago and as we related, GOD spoke. He pointed out areas in which she needed to change and do right with the kingdom of GOD so that her business would prosper but also because GOD expects it of all of us.

 

GOD encouraged her to return His tithe and offering dutifully as well as make some wise decisions concerning growth in her business. Well, she tithed for a while and then stopped! She then refused to take on the financial wisdom accorded her. In fact, at one point GOD said that she was stuck in that situation because of her disobedience. She still did not listen – she did not change!

 

I must admit that she has had to step into the big shoes of her husband and provide for her family seeing that he has had a few setbacks over the years. However, the principles of GOD’S kingdom do not change and we are expected to keep them regardless of what we are going through at any given time.

 

I am usually not very accommodative of people who disobey GOD’S word or instruction. However, something interesting happened today. As I was thinking about her situation and praying for her GOD led me in another direction. He led me to pray for His grace upon her! The grace of GOD is a demonstration of His love for us.

 

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

 

You see, while we were still sinners Christ died for us. When GOD sent His Son and He came to dwell among us, as His word had said through the Prophets, we were still sinners! In fact, because He loved us so much, He accorded us His grace while we were still sinners... He gave us His grace BECAUSE we were sinners! Do you realize that we needed His grace because we were sinners? You and I still need this grace because we do sin unintentionally, sometimes. Of course, this is not to say that we should intentionally disobey Him because that would be taking His grace for granted but that when we do sin, His grace is sufficient to ferry us across!

 

“...But where sin increased, grace increased all the more” (Romans 5:20).

 

“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning, so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer” (Romans 6:1-2)?

 

“As God’s fellow-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain” (2Corinthians 6:1).

 

As the realization that I just prayed His grace over this woman and her situation regardless of whether she had obeyed the voice of GOD hit me, I marveled at GOD’S kindness. He is much kinder than I am! I was ready to condemn her once again but GOD was gracious enough to turn His face away from her sin! I am certain that her situation is going to change for the better not because of her obedience but because of the grace of GOD.

 

Nonetheless, you must realize that the grace He accords us when we sin, or disobey Him, is available to us before we do. Therefore, we should ask Him for His grace to obey Him. I pray that the woman above will be wise enough to obey GOD but also to apply the true kingdom principles as clearly stipulated in the word of GOD. She should also be wise enough to take divine counsel when given it.

 

Now, I know that GOD has let me share this with you for a reason. He wants to remind you of His grace. Stop condemning yourself and tap into His grace. Even when walking in His grace, remember that He is the GOD who gives us the opportunity to do right next time. Do right next time.

 

Prayer

 

Dear GOD, I confess that I have been too hard on your people. Please forgive me. I now know that your grace is indeed sufficient. I know that even if you require us to be obedient, you are a gracious GOD and will sometimes give us what we desire regardless of our disobedience. Thank you, LORD.

 

I now ask you to help me to be obedient to you and to receive and follow divine counsel. Help me not to take your grace for granted and when I am corrected, may I receive correction and do your word to the letter. I thank you, LORD, because you have done it. In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.  

 

 

GOD Can Handle it - Do Not Defend Him!

Do you, sometimes, feel like ‘defending GOD’? Do you, sometimes, catch yourself in an argument with an intention of defending GOD or His word?

 

“Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels” (2Timothy 2:23). 

 

A few weeks back, a Christian mother who has taken time to instill the word of GOD into her children was faced with a ‘situation’. Someone mentioned some words that seemed to nullify all that she had taught her children and brought them up to believe. Her reaction was human – she had an outburst! She tried to defend GOD and to fight for Him. I had been in her position many times before and, sometimes, I find myself there. Therefore, I understood her reaction even if I did not support it.

 

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6).

 

Sometimes, the weapon that Satan uses to attack us is by attacking what we believe in and who we believe in. He attacks our gifts and callings needless to mention our knowledge of the word. Now, since we are human, our first reaction is to try and DEFEND the word of GOD or to try and defend GOD! Well, we cannot defend GOD just as we cannot defend His word – He can do that without our help!

 

“I am watching  to see that my word is fulfilled” (Jeremiah 1:12).

 

GOD watches over His word to see that it is fulfilled – we do not have to defend it. We must keep our peace all the time. We must remember that no one can nullify the word of GOD just as no one can erase all the years of Bible study or fellowship that you have invested in yourself or in your children. In fact, the word of GOD tells us to train up our children in the way that they should go and that they shall not turn from it when they are older. Keep doing what you are doing. Keep feeding them the word of GOD and be encouraged in the truth that they shall never depart from it.

 

“Lamedh Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens” (Psalm 119:89).

 

Satan cannot succeed in making GOD, or His word, appear like a failure because GOD has won already. The word of GOD will not fall to the ground; it will accomplish all that He purposed for it to accomplish. In fact, His word is settled in Heaven regardless of what anyone says or does.

 

“for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).

 

 

You must also remember that GOD’S gifts are irrevocable. GOD will not repent for giving you the gift that He has given you. Do not try to defend that gift or calling – simply do what He has called you to do and leave the rest to Him. In fact, next time, if you find yourself in a position that demands that you defend GOD, His gifts and callings, His word or His name remember that GOD can handle it. Keep your peace – do not engage in any arguments or put up any defense in reaction to what the devil has said through someone. He may use anyone from your closest friend, family member, a member of your fellowship or even a Pastor. Do not be tempted to react. Your reaction could only lead to a big quarrel that will cost you your peace.

 

Prayer

 

Dear GOD, I have often taken nasty comments about you personally and have ended up trying to defend you while losing my peace along the way. Forgive me, I now know that you are more than able to defend yourself. I also know that the devil’s words can never nullify your word. Teach me to ignore the devil and all those that he uses to steal my peace. Teach me to be silent when I would have defended you using bitter words. Teach me to be so focused on you that the devil does not use me to question your word or your gifts and callings. Let me be so peaceful that I ignore much. Thank you, LORD, because you have done it. In Jesus’ name, I have prayed, amen.