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Jonah refused to go to Nineveh to warn the people of the impending move of God against them if they did not turn from their wicked ways, not because he was afraid, but rather because he thought that God might change His mind about destroying them if they repented. Jonah 4:2

Jonah became so angry that he wanted to die. God prepared a gourd and caused it to come up over Jonah, the shadow of which delivered him from his grief. God then caused a worm to destroy the gourd which again angered Jonah. God taught Jonah by comparing both situations, which is more important, getting angry because a worm had destroyed the gourd or the saving of 120,000 persons who were simple and couldn’t desern well, along with much cattle? Jonah 4:7-11

The fast which preceded this looks like an absolute fast as not even water was taken during this period. The more you put in is the more you get out.Jonah 3:7. It is worthwhile to note that if the king did not fear God and repented, all the people could have perished.

Hello my Father. How are things looking in Your kingdom? Are Your people being obedient enough? Have we dropped the bad temper or have we thrown away the stubbornness? Have we become kinder, gentler, thoughtful? Have we made that determination to love You, to serve You, to walk in Your will? Help us God, I pray.

I pray Lord God, that this year will be like no other. Let Your will be done. That You will break the yokes from off Your people and that You will reign in their lives. Of necessity You hardened Pharoah’s heart so You can get Your full glory. Reveal Yourself to us O Lord and help us to endure, in Jesus Christ’s name, amen.

For the Lord is good and His mercies endureth for ever!!

Abba Father, help us to become all that which you have predestined us to be. Help us to forgive the trespasses of others against us. Help us to give to persons as if it is unto You Lord God, help us to give and forget about it, help us to give and not use it as a tool to coerce those to whom we have given. Show us where we need to redouble our efforts for Your kingdom’s sake, that we will endure the pain, the lack, the suffering, the persecution and to still stand. Create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us O Mighty Saviour.

Father, we bind the prince of the air and every demon that is loosed across this world and we cast them back to the dry and desolate places in Jesus Christ name. Confound the enemy, mess up his communication and destroy all his works in Jesus Christ name. Let Your Glory rest upon your people, sanctify them, fill them up with Your goodness and Your mercies, anoint them a fresh in Jesus Christ’s name, amen.

(6)Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and satan came also among them

(7)And the Lord said unto satan, whence comest thou? Then satan answered the Lord and said, from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (8)And the Lord said unto satan, hast thou consider my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (9)Then satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? (10)Hast not thou an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

(1)Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and satan came also among them to present hemself before the Lord. (2)And the Lord said unto satan, from whenst camest thou and satan answered the Lord, and said, from going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it. (3)And the Lord said unto satan, hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect man and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without a cause. (4)And satan answered the Lord and said, skin for skin, yea all that a man hath will he give for his life.

1)That when the people of God go before God, that satan has and will always present himself to mess things up.

2)That satan is constantly going to and fro in the earth to deceive and to destroy God’s people, he does not rest.

3)That God will use the best amongst his people to show off on satan. If the devil is to do any damage to us, God has to first remove the hedge from around us and from that which we own.

4)Satan can do us no harm as long as we live according to God’s will.

5)Satan and his demons are as real as God, His angels and His people are. The difference is that God is so much more powerful than the devil and that while satan can and does affect the smaller details, God still has control of the bigger picture.

Amen.

You are not a God created by any mortal man, You are not a God created by any human hands. You are God and that’s just the way it is!!!!!!! If we become too powerful, too stubborn, too disobedient, too stiff necked, too mixed up in the world…. then we are only hurting ourselves.

What is it that we need to start doing? What is it that we need to stop doing? We must stop lying and deceiving others because we cannot save ourselves. How holy, how righteous will we be when our friend calls us home?, that is completely dependent on ourselves. The fun, the good feelings that our flesh desires to have is nothing compared to that which our Father has in store for us.

Refocus Your people Lord God in Jesus’ name, amen.

For the Lord is good and His mercies endureth for ever. Who shall enter into the kingdom of heaven?…he that hath a clean hands and a pure heart. The pure and undefiled religion is to feed the hungry, give shelter and clothing to the destitute. For though we must sacrifice everything for God, obedience is still greater than sacrifice!!

Whatever it is that God has purposed for us, whatever it is that we have covenanted with God and have forgotten….. let us repent and return in Jesus Christ’s name, amen.

Man whom God created, is able to think of and made to work, a thing called the Internet. A thing which a few years ago was thought of as impossible. A thing which causes millions of exabytes of information to pass across the globe without being seen by the naked eyes.

Man whom God has created would seek to restrict God to something he can calculate or reason out. If man cannot know all of God’s secrets then it cannot be God. The word says that with God all things are possible.

God did create the earth and set it in perfect motion. Consider the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets known and unknown, created as circles and hung in space which is itself an infinite circle. How they are unfailing in there functions, always where they were placed.

God created the earth and caused it to spin in two different continuous circular motions at the same time, it revolves around the sun while it rotates every 24 hours on it’s axis. So why then is it so difficult to accept that Jesus Christ is still the Son of God while being God at the same time? or that Jesus Christ the Son of God came to earth for the first time in the flesh through the womb of Mary but was also here before the foundations of the world was? And being God, still does not know as yet when He will return to earth to judge and rule with His saints for a thousand years.

Man was created the first cycle, he came from dust and to the dust he will return. Some living things like butterfly, have a much more varied and colourful life cycle. There is the cycle of the seasons which repeats itself every year and brings about the changes in weather that causes fruit trees etc. to produce.

We must always remember that with God all things are possible. Thank You Lord, amen.

Authority is the power to determine, command or control, also it is a power or right delegated or given.

Irrispective of how much authority any person on this earth have, there is always a higher authority. The highest authority in heaven, on earth or under the earth is God. In learning the value of resisting the devil, as shown by the experience of Jesus Christ who having just been to fill up with spiritual fuel (40 days and night fast) was taken and tempted by the devil, we must realize that the devil must have had some authority to do so. Just like with Job, when the Lord invited the devil (gave him the authority) to test Job.

In the animal kingdom, there is this constant show of authority both within and without the various species. There are usually clear lines of authority. Authority is exercised at every level of our human existence and sometimes it has very little to do with our abilities or training but more to do with our zeal to control others and to determine the outcome of things by virtue of our position. So in exercising our authority we can be autocratic or we can be democratic.

In the spiritual realm there is this ranking that takes place and with each rank comes greater or lesser authority. For instance God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, angels, the saints of God etc. or the devil, demons, evil spirits, devil worshippers etc. So a person at work would clearly be outranked by the top boss in the company but that same person could outrank the top boss in the spiritual realm because he is a saint of the Most High God. To put it another way, the authority that we have through Jesus Christ would be far superior to that which the top boss has in the company.

So how can this knowledge we have be used to have dominion over the pharaohs of this world or over principalities, powers, the rulers of darkness, demons and devils? We fast and pray, we intercede, we bind, we loose and we remember that the battle is the Lord’s. The battle is spiritual not physical.

Father, strip away the covering from the enemy, expose him, destroy his works completely, in Jesus Christ’s name, amen.

Have you ever noticed how some persons always seem to take wrong or bad advice easily? It would be easy for us to say that they are gullible but the problem runs much deeper. Some persons will stick to the source that gives them advice that they love to hear but which usually have little or no truth in it. Some persons will go to the extent of avoiding others who will only speak the truth, because it makes them feel uncomfortable or upset.

If the word of God is powerful and quick and sharper than a two edged sword, is it not suppose to make us feel guilty, agitated and uncomfortable when we are in the wrong with God? Is it not suppose to cut?

Years ago i tried to show a pastor his follies, to which he stated that ” he thought that i was his friend”. My response to him was ” i am the best friend you will ever have because i will tell you the truth”. It is sad that seven years after the incident that particular pastor is unrepentant as as stated by him, he was prophesied over that he should reconcile and or recover those persons who have left the church. He has been selective in his attempts to carry out this task and does still pass persons at close range who were once very close to him without saying hello.

There are persons who feel so strongly about being told the truth, that they will try to hurt you. Two similar cases in the bible are :-

1) King Asa and Hanani the prophet 2 Cronicles 16

2) King Jeroboam and the man of God 1 Kings 13

Even in aquiring things like land, house, car, appliances etc. we must seek out the best advice. There are persons around us all the time with the requisite skills, training and experience and who will give us their honest opinion.

Heavenly Father, I pray that we will all tap into the wisdom of persons you have provided and that we will not be confused by foolish persons whom we have given our attention. Lord Jesus please remember the miracles we are believing you for. Father we give you thanks in Jesus Christ’s name amen.