The Prayers of the Righteous

Hello all, I know its been ages since I spread the good news with you all.
I just have a prayer for us all. Please be blessed as you key into these powerful prayers.

May the Protection of Psalm 91, the Security of psalm 23, the Abundant Life of John 10:10, the Treasure of Isaiah 45:3, the Wisdom of Proverbs 9:10, the Holy Spirit of Acts of the Apostles 2:4 be yours today and forevermore. Amen.

As we enter into a new Month, May God continue to guide and guard us all. Amen...... Please stay tuned for more.

Master Key to Divine Help

Man can be helpless and we need help in certain situations and circumstances, but God is always there to help us once we call on him.

God's help is from above and it is superior to any other help. There is no man that can make it in life without God's help either directly or through benefactors. Benefactors are people that God put on our ways (journey through life). God can help man Directly or Indirectly through the Angels or fellow human beings.

Angels:
God can help you through the assistance of Angels. three (3) Angels visited Abraham. Because of his life of hospitality, he was blessed of God. because God was in their midst, Abraham and Sarah were helped.

Pastors, Prophets:
God can use your Pastors, Prophets etc to help you. (-1 Samuel 7 vs. 5). God has planted them there for your purpose. Samuel cried out to God on behalf of Israel and god heard his prayers and helped the Israelites.

However, if you want God to help you, you have lots of responsibilities to perform.

Obedience: Obedience is the trigger for every divine help.
There are several examples of people who were obedient and the result that they got.

• John 2:1-11: When the wine at the marriage supper finished, the Disciples of Jesus were told to do something, and because they obeyed, Jesus performed a Miracle.
• John 9:1-11: The blind man obeyed Jesus and his eyes were restored.
• 1 Kings 17:9-16: The woman of Zarephath obeyed and at the end, she received multiples of miracles and never knew any lack.
• 2 Kings 5:1-19: Naaman was asked to just do a simple task and pride would have made him loose his healing, but reason prevailed, he obeyed and was made whole.

For you to perpetually enjoy divine help, you need to be very obedient. Whatever  that is considered DEAD in your life, with help, God is calling it to life today in Jesus Name.

You must identify where your help would come from. In Mark 5:21-37, the Synagogue Ruler did not go anywhere else but to Jesus; he must have heard about the works of Jesus. He knew where his help would come from.

The woman with the issue of blood made up her mind to touch the garment of Jesus and she received her healing instantly.

I don't know what you have been hoping for or what you may have been suffering from, but if you propose in your heart and ask for help, Jesus will surely help you.

I don't know the situation you are in and people have been laughing at you, I want you to know that Jesus is alive and ready to help you.

The Woman with the issue of blood suffered for 12 years and Jarus's daughter was also 12 years old according to the scriptures, thus in this 12th Month of the Year, God is telling someone to COME Alive today!!! be it your Finances, Destiny, Health, Career, Immigration Status etc. You must be sensitive to the word of God and whatever the Spirit of God tells you to do, you must do so without hesitation.

When God is ready to help you, He will help you beyond your imaginations. When God decides to help you in a certain area, don't just assume that is the end, it might just be the beginning of a change in your destiny.

The Master Helper

 ¹⁶ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, New King James Version)

• Obedience is the key to provoking Divine help.
• Divine help requires obedience;
• Obedience requires illumination;
• Illumination requires the Power of the Holy Spirit.
• The Holy Spirit is the Master Helper.
• The Holy Spirit is the ROOT of divine Help.
• The Holy Spirit teaches Us all things;
• The Holy Spirit abides with Us forever.
• The Holy Spirit is Our Comforter.

For you to receive Divine Help, you must be Obedient to the Master Helper - The Holy Spirit.

Your prayer(s) should be:

• Father help me Oh Lord, I raise my voice to you; I recognise that you are the only one to help me.
• Help me Oh Lord according to your Word in Isaiah 43:19

¹⁹   Behold, I will do a new thing,  
      Now it shall spring forth;
      Shall you not know it?
      I will even make a road in the wilderness
      And rivers in the desert.
       (Isaiah 43:19, New King James Version)

• Father this is your season of favour, Answer me Oh Lord.

Things that destroy Godly Relationships

The moment we know the Rules of Godly Relationship, its very important that we take some time out to know what we should try to avoid doing or the life when must try to avoid living in order not to destroy the Godly relationship we have.

Things that destroy Godly Relationships

There are many things that destroy Godly relationship, which among them will include:

• Fornication
• Lying
• Unfaithfulness
• Covetousness
• Drunkeness
• and the list is endless.

Other things may include:

1. Wrong attitude to / or perception of the opposite s-e-x.
2. Covetousness destroys life and brings bitterness. This ultimately leads to being parasitic, and having a parasitic relationship is not good at all.
3. Premature timing for relationships can be a kill joy. Timing is a number one rule in Life.
4. Backsliding / poor knowledge of the word of God.
5. When there is no Holy Ghost in any relationship, that relationship is doomed to fail.

The Holy Ghost is a comforter, a friend, a teacher in any relationship. If you ever want to have a great relationship, I will suggest you ask the Holy Spirit for an advice and teaching.

Levels of Relationship

There are various levels of Relationship that you have to be aware of.

• The relationship between God and You.
• The relationship between You and Your Parents.
• The relationship between You and your School / Course Mates / Friends.
• The relationship between You and A FRIEND. (One that is closer than a Brother).
• The relationship between You and that Special ONE (1).

In all your relationships, make sure its Godly and always ask the Holy Ghost to help you out, and stay Blessed.

Rules for a Godly Relationship

As a continuation from the series of the knowing the difference between Friend and fiend, we understood that a friend is someone with who you have a sort of relationship with, while a foe is someone who is a foe or an enemy.

We also went to the extent of asking if there is any rule for a Godly Relationship, and on answering this question, I will yes a "BIG" - YES!!!.

Many people might not find this a s a rule, but I will say that if you are able to adhere to this, you will a better person.

1. Understanding: To be a better friend, you must develop an understanding of who you are dealing with. Understanding your friend is very crucial if indeed you want a lasting relationship.
2. Love: Without overemphasizing this, a relationship without Love is doomed to fail. True Love and not Lust is the engine / life-wire of any TRUE selfless relationship
3. Trust: 
4. Faithfulness

Ok, without sounding very odd, I must say that the Golden Rule that guides all Relationships is LOVE. Love is  when those that are offended go the long way of looking for their offender and makes peace or settles with them, and even go to the extents of giving them their best.

This makes it the most important virtue to have, because any friendship built on Love (selflessness) and not selfishness (lust) will survive the turbulence of life.

Find out if there are things that destroy Godly Relationships

The difference between Friend and Fiend

Have you ever asked yourself  this question: What is the difference between Friend and Fiend?
Well, let me share the burden with you, and relieve you of some troubles trying to crack your brain to get the answer.

Now before I try to answer that, I will like you to have a little understanding of the two words -Friend and Fiend.

A Friend

A friend is someone who you know very well and someone you like a lot to hold close to your heart or even if the person is not yet inside your heart, the person is just very close.

A friend can also be said to be someone who can stand in for you when the going goes though; someone who can always lend a shoulder to cry on when you are down.

Okay that said, now lets have a little understanding of who a fiend is.

A fiend

A Fiend according to my small dictionary means: An evil Spirit, a Cruel or wicked person, someone who is diabolically wicked, a very implacable and malicious foe. A foe.... come on.... a foe simply means that a fiend is an enemy!!!!

Ok in case you are still wondering why I asked the question in the first place, let me now tell you that the main difference between FRIEND and FIEND is "R" which stands for RELATIONSHIP.

That said, a Friend is someone who you have a kind of relationship with, be it casual, deep, shallow, strong, or any definition you might give it, but a Fiend is simply a foe - an enemy, and who needs an enemy in their lives? The answer without even you opening your mouth to say it is NO ONE.

Friendship can be both Godly and ungodly, and we are equipped with the required sense of reasoning on what exactly is Godly or ungodly.
The question now is: Are there any set of Rules for a Godly Relationship?

Open Doors

In the Natural course of Child birth, from the moment the fetus is conceived, through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester till the 9th month, there is always a great expectation from the Mother, Father, siblings, Grand Parents and everyone around.

The 9th month comes with the height of the expectations and in Christendom, the 9th month is also significant , because it ushers in a new birth, a new being, a new You.

For me and all the people of RCCG Open Heavens Dublin, this Month is being themed "The Month of Deliverance" or better, "The Month of Open Doors".

Now before you go "Ohhhhhh", let me tell you now that before your doors can ever be Opened, you must be expectant of something!!! So I would be allowed to say that:

My prayer for you as you read this, is that as you step into this new month, "Every door that you have been knocking on and it seems very hard to open, God Almighty - The one who opens a Door and no one can close it, - The one who says YES and it comes to pass, - He alone will open ALL the closed doors in your life."

I await your testimonies. Don't be shy, just know that as you testify, God's blessings will continue to abide in you.

If you are / were born in this month, I say a Big Congratulations to you, and welcome you to the Month of Open Doors, as all doors in your life would be swan OPEN for you as you believe.

Thanks and God Bless you.

Jehovah Elshaddai

There is a God that answers prayers and His name is Jehovah Elshaddai. Prayers is one of the most important things in the life of Christians. It is prayers that have brought us thus far, and it is also prayers that would still take us far.

it is discovered that the reason many people don't pray when they are given assignments or when they are going through issues in their lives, is largely because they always rely on their own mights, intelligence, social status, professionalism and self, in order to carryout their assignments. If we pray without ceasing (as the Bible commands), we would find less time to engage in petty gossip, quarreling and back-bite our neighbours.

A certain woman was in trouble, her husband has died, she is just left with her sons, and the husband's creditors are on their neck, trying to take her sons as slaves. She cried to the Prophet of God and adhered to all the instructions the Prophet gave her. She never relied on her might, expertise or profession. She totally obeyed and she was blessed.

 ¹ A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”
² So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”  
³ Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors—empty vessels; do not gather just a few. ⁴ And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.”  
⁵ So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. ⁶ Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.”  
And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased. ⁷ Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.” (2 Kings 4:1-7, New King James Version)

There are lots of lessons to be learnt from this passage of 2 Kings chapter 4 verse 1 to 7:

1. Neighbourhood Involvement: Be very much involved in what is going on in your neighbourhood or else when you need any empty vessels, you wont be able to find anywhere to get or borrow them. The woman was in very good terms with her neighbours, that was why she was able to borrow lots of empty vessels when her own containers were finished. According to some scholars, this was the origin of Crude oil production. (Don't ask me, am not a Petrochemical Engineer, neither am I a renewable Energy practitioner - lol just mussing)
2. Counseling: It is important that you should always seek counsel from Trusted Spiritual Leaders.
3. Obedience to Authority: As Christians, we should be obedient to men of God and people in Authority. The Man of God gave instructions, and she obeyed and the result was an untold abundance.
4. Personal Expectations: Always make it a point in your life to not limit your expectations from God.
5. Aim High and Dream Big: Do not limit your Dreams and aspirations.

Women/wives must be people who can and must have a constant channel of communication with God, so that when their man / husbands are gone, they would ba in a better possition to take over the handling of affairs in the homes.

Surely troubles and problems will come our ways, but God has already given us something in our various homes to solve these problems.

Kingdom Commitment

The first thing you would ask yourself is "What is Commitment?"

Commitment could be defined as "In-dept or total involvement in anything one does".

Having said that, what then is Kingdom Commitment?
On can say that Kingdom Commitment is "being zealous in the things of God with knowledge", or simply put, Kingdom Commitment is "being totally involved in the work of the Kingdom of God"

Like Jesus made us to understand in the book of Luke 9:62, Kingdom Commitment is the Main Key to everything you want in the Kingdom of God.

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62, New King James Version)

Why must you be committed to God's Kingdom?

1. In the Kingdom business, there is no slothfulness.
1. You must make sure that you have overcome all level of laziness in you. (1 Cor 15:58)
2. You must be very steadfast in all you do.
3. You must be immovable and always abounding in your work for the Lord, with the knowledge that every work you do for God is never in vain.
2. Salvation is not a cheap thing. Therefore its important that you strive to "work out your own Salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12)
3. You must be very mindful of every step you take in life, every thing you do or say etc. Its important you guide and guard your lips, and think before you talk.
4. The Coming of Jesus Christ is at Hand.
• You have to be watchful of the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Make sure you live each day as if Jesus is coming the next minute. Be anxious for nothing, but remember that in all things, you have the key to effective communication with God through Prayer and supplication.

You may have noted that I said "Effective Communication With God". This is because many of us forget that Prayer is a two-way Communication. Whenever you go to God in prayers, always wait to hear from him. It is not good to just heap all your requests to God without waiting for Him to give you an answer or just talk to you in His own way. You must develop a good communication technique or channel with God.

Benefits of Kingdom Commitment

There are lots of Benefits you will gain when you are totally committed to the Work of the Kingdom of God.

1. You will have Favour from God: When you are committed to the Work of God, you will receive uncountable Favour(s) from God.
2. You will have Joy and Peace of Mind: Whenever you have spent time doing Gods work, and contributing to the expansion of Gods kingdom (even in your own little way), you will always have some instant results in the form of unquenchable Joy, and absolute peace of Mind. If you are highly tunned to Gods presence and His miraculous frequency, you will always notice His joy that goes beyond all human understanding.
3. You will have greater responsibility: One of the essential benefits of being committed to the work of God's kingdom is that you become an Ambassador of Christ on Earth, thus you have a greater responsibility of keeping the Work of God afloat. Jesus Christ took a great responsibility by giving us a way to gain Eternal Life in God's Kingdom, so its is now our own responsibility to help others see the Light of God. But remember that your work is to spread the good news of the Kingdom of God, and allow the Holy Spirit to touch the hearts, and make the seeds you have sown to germinate and bear fruit.

Killers of commitment

In this race of the Kingdom commitment, there are certain things that will tend to make you fail or pull you down. It is very important that you focus on your main aim, which is to do the work of Him that sent you - God. Some of the killers of commitment are:

1. Comparison with others: You should avoid comparing yourself with others. God has made you as the ONLY you on Earth. You don't have a photocopied version of yourself.
2. Envy and murmuring / Gossip: The gift of God in our lives is in levels. Instead of envying and murmuring about other people's conditions or riches or state, you could always desire higher gifts and pray to God to enable you have them. But remember that every gift of God comes with responsibility, so ask / use it wisely, because "every good and perfect gift comes from the Lord"

Always remember that "Kingdom commitment is a personal Race". So there is no need for you to want to "be like others" be happy with whatever gift you have, and be committed in whatever thing you are doing in the Kingdom of God.

Christianity is incomplete 2 ...

continued from: Christianity is incomplete 1

Build a life of prayer, to get the power.

ð  God give me the power of prayers, so that I can manifest your power.

Until Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit, His ministry could not start. Likewise, we should return in the power of God’s spirit to enable us manifest.

When you are with Jesus (focused on Jesus).

ð  Power rubs off on you.

ð  When power comes, your fame will announce you.

ð  People will begin to ask who you are. (Acts 3: 12 – 15)

ð  You cannot be with Jesus and be shamed.

ð  By the power of Jesus that operates in your life, the enemy will never shame you. (Acts 4: 8 – 12)

ð  When the Holy Ghost power comes upon you, confidence, boldness will come upon you.

You can have strength but not have Power, but you cannot have Power and have no strength.

ð  If you want to prevail over that Power that has been holding you down, you need the power of God.

ð  If you live in the consciousness of the power of God in your life, the enemy will be far from you.

Since the fall of Adam and eve in the Garden of Eden, Normal Situations ceased to exist. You can only use the power of the Holy Spirit to bring Normal Situations (normalcy) out of abnormality.

The devil does not want normal situations to exist, but with the Power of God, we will overcome him. (Psalms 66: 9).

Every believer stands on two (2) pillars.

(a.) The Word of God.

(b.) The Power of God.

We must ask God for spiritual breakthrough (Eph. 1:3), and always go for the word of God, for His Word will push up your breakthrough.

It’s important that we note that Heaven’s treasure is not for FREE, there is always a price tag. (Isaiah 55 vs. 1 – 10). The question now is:

What is the price Tag?

ð Purity is essential. Your life must be pure.

ð  You must have a life of Prayer. Prayer is the only way we can access God’s presence.

ð  You must live your life with a consciousness of your spiritual status.

ð  A life of peace. God can only operate in a peaceful life.

ð  You must be meek.

ð  You must be Holy.

This list is not exhaustive, but we need to examine our lives each day, and live our lives with the consciousness that Jesus Christ might come any day.

The problem is that we always want God to do everything for us, but we have forgotten that God has given us all powers. We only just need to SPEAK, and He honours it.

Finally, we should not allow the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary to be in vain. May we find grace in God to exercise Hs power in us, for Christianity is incomplete without God, and we MUST tap into the Power of God.

Christianity is incomplete…

Now you must be wondering why this kind of heading, well let me tell you now that: Christianity is incomplete without God (Luke 4: 1 – 15)

After Jesus finished His fasting, the devil tempted Him, but for the wisdom of God in Jesus (who is God’s Wisdom personified), never allowed Him to be distracted and this is why the devil could not get Him.

ð  So if we want to operate in the same reign / power that Jesus operated, we need to know how to counter the devil, when he comes with his temptations.

For us as Christians to have access to operate in this same power that Jesus has, and exercise it in our lives, we need to return in the power of His (God) glory. Because, it is only when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you have no power to operate.

Power of Operation

Even the closest people that were with Jesus on Earth – His disciples, could not operate or exercise their powers until Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to empower them. Acts 2: 1-4.

STRENGTH and POWER

We must differentiate between STRENGTH and POWER

Until Power came upon the Apostles, they couldn’t do much. Peter went back a-fishing after the death of Jesus, until Jesus rose from the death, and empowered him, he could not do anything.

Peter had boldness, power to heal, even so that his shadow healed many. Acts 3 vs. 4 – 7. These were all made possible after the Holy Spirit had empowered him.

 

ð No matter what may be going on in your life today, Jesus is telling you today to arise in the power of the Holy Ghost and WALK.

As Christians, we need the Power of God to function. Peter received Power to heal, but the cripple received Strength. As you read this today, I pray that Strength would return to your life.

People in the old testament operated based on Strength (Samson, etc Judges 16:28 - ), but Jesus came to give us Power. Samson had always relied on his strength to kill the lion etc, but towards the end of his life, he remembered to pray to God.

 

ð  As Christians, we should not fail to pray. “….for by strength shall no man prevail”.

God wants us to operate in the realm of Power (Spiritual Power) for when you operate on Strength, it’s all physical.

The truth of the matter is that you can not operate in Spiritual Power and suffer shame, hardship, struggles, lack and wants.

 

ð  Sometimes we don’t know what we posses, until an event occur n your life, to test you on whether you are operating in STRENGTH or POWER.

 .... To be continued..... Christianity is incomplete without God

My Increase begins with me

There is nothing God can do for you without first doing it to you.

Every change that comes for you must start with you. (2 cor. 5 vs. 17). The emphasis here is on the person.

Christianity is not a change of behavioural pattern……. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…God’s number one goal is in changing you and not necessarily your circumstances or your situation.

Why? The reason is that If you are changed, you can change your situation.

God works from your inside to your outside. It is who you are and not necessarily what you do that determines what you get. You don’t get in life what you want, but what you are. (You can be close to great people but not be great)

In order to do something great for God, you have to do something you have never done before.
You should evaluate the things you have done in the past so as to change. (Job 8 Vs 17)
ð  For you to change your personality, you have to change your mentality.
ð  For you to increase in life, you must change your perspective to life.

Your destiny is in your hands. If you chose to prosper / increase, nothing can stop you, just change your thoughts.

A man’s lifestyle is an external expression of what he thinks. (Prov 23 Vs 27)
ð  Do not let people’s opinion of you become your reality in life.

Jacob internalised the meaning of his name (Cheat etc) that it affected his mentality. Until he realised that he is a Prince, but when God changed his mentality/Name, he began to prosper.

Any battle you win/loose, it begins from within. It is your WHO that determines your DO!
One of the destructive tendencies of the enemy is to let you believe that you have a low mentality. Reject it!
ð  You can only retain what you have the power to attract. (The greatest evil you can do to someone is to promote them wrongly!!!!)

Perception is stronger than reality (You get in life what you ARE and not what you WANT!)

 .. And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward (NKJV) (Gen 13 Vs 14)
“...and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power. (NKJV)“ (Eph 1Vs 19)

Your EYES of understanding and your MIND must be renewed. What your mind has not conceived, you cannot achieve. Greatness failure is all products of the mind.

God’s words are activated ONLY by the proportion of your vision. (Your ability to use your mind) (Jeremiah 1 Vs 11 – 12)

WHAT DO YOU SEE?
No one can place a LIMIT on you. The moment your perception changes to the negative, you begin to think like your enemy. (Eph 3 Vs 30)
ð  The reason poverty is rampant today is because poverty has been in the mentality of many.
ð  When you look at the SKY, your VISION is broadened!

The ME I see is the ME I become! ‘In order to do something you have never done before, you have to be someone you’ve never been before’
ð  Whatever you believe long enough on, you begin to behave like it.

“……. He was a prosperous man…” (Gen 39 Vs 1 – 2)
This means that even though Joseph was a slave, his mentality was that of a prince and not a pauper.


ð  No matter what you are going through, never allow your mind to be imprisoned.
ð  All ways remember that you are the son of the all Great God. Change the way you think, for your change comes from within.
ð  The strength of domination is the introduction of inferiority complex.
ð  Attitude not aptitude determines your function.ð  When you are knocked out, make sure you fall with your back. (As far as you can see the sky (Heavens), you are bound to RISE again.

Wants shows up in Conversations, but Expectations shows up in Behaviour!.
Today is the smallest you will ever be, for your increase begins with YOU.