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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.

Retribution is punishment by God that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved. For some christians, retribution does not exist and for others it does but will only affect the individual after death. It is the prerogative of God alone to decide if,when,how or how quickly to bring retribution to a person(s) for angering Him. Persons have taken it unto themselves to exact punishment on others for crimes committed, but this is wrong. Vengeance is mine saith the Lord!!

In 2 Samuel 21:1, David enquired of God as to the reason for the famine and God told him that it was because Saul had killed the Gibeonites. In 1Chronicles 21:14, God was angered by David when he numbered Israel and Judah and although David accessed the better of the three options presented to him by God for the purposes of retribution, seventy thousand men died as a result. Seventy thousand died as a result of the sin by one man, David. God brought judgement to His people quickly!

As Pastors, as leaders we need to be extremely careful not to anger God as this could impact others as well. The God that we serve is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow as well. Father, i pray that none of us will be destroyed for a lack of knowledge, in Jesus Christ name amen.

Every day we must give thanks for being alive, alive to do more work for God, to help somebody, to touch someone’s mind and heart, to pull someone back on the right path, to repair the breach.

We must try to use every spare time to think, to think about God and who He is and what our purposes are for Him. We must think about our own lives to see where we are going wrong and what it is that we need to do to make corrections.

For we are all at different levels in God, because of when we might have started our walk with Him, some of us would have been more obedient than others, some of us would have taken greater care in staying clear of pollutants or in remembering the words we would have spoken to God…… our covenants with Him.

For we are His, the sheep of His pasture and we can neither run or hide from Him. So let us pray that when He would have tested our works with fire, it will stand like gold. Father there is no other God but You and we say thanks again in Jesus Christ name, our risen Lord, amen.

If when I employ someone I think that I am doing them a favour by employing them, then I will have little or no regard for their well-being. If however, I think that I really need the person that I am employing, then I will tend to take more care of how I treat that person.

Principles are thrown through the window sometimes, as persons will steal or act improperly but will still maintain their jobs, either because they are deemed irreplaceable or they might be news carriers.

Clear rules and guidlines must be laid down and followed, ensuring there is no victimization and that there is equity and fairplay always. There is also a high degree of collusion between managers and workers to rob the companies they work for.

Father I bless you and thank you for guiding us this day, Amen.

There are pastors who believe that if they build a church it belongs to themselves. Even if it was their ‘own’ money that they had used, the church would still belong to God. For the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein. Ps.24:1, 1Cor10:26.

Some have gone further by collecting monies on God’s behalf and have used it to set up businesses in their own names, with the hope of passing these to their wives and children when they die. It is so easy for us to dishonour God.

Some of us even believe that the gifts that God so freely give to us, is to be used to bring glory to ourselves. To the extent that, if for instant, I pray for someone and that person is healed by God, I would then feel that the person owes me for helping him out, nonsense!

None of us will ever be able to repay God for the possibility of eternal life with Him and all that we do for Him, we will still owe Him, as a value cannot be put on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We have been schooled extensively in how to get persons attached to us, addicted to us as leaders for selfish reasons, instead of hooking each person up to God fully, encouraging them to have that personal relationship with Him and teaching them how to grow their faith.

None of us can grow for any of us. To put it another way, we all have to grow for ourselves. This is not to discredit the help that we give to each other. We grow when we decide to depend on God, when we exercise our faith in seemingly impossible situations and God responds. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimonies. Rev.12:11.

Father we come against every deception, every guile, every controlling attachments in Jesus name. For if we are the seed that have been sown in the kingdom of God, then we cannot be quickened, nor can we grow and bring forth anything good unless we die. 1Cor15:36, St.John12:24. Dying is a continuous process that brings us closer to perfection.

If we do not get it right, we might not reach anywhere. For except the Lord builds the house, he that labours, labours in vain…. How we were brought up, how we were socialized or even our world view can rob us of the independence or openness needed to serve God properly.

Say for instance if we grow up with persons who lie constantly in jest or lie to get themselves out of situations, then we become more accommodating to lies and we might even see it as a navigational tool. In a case like this a lying spirit would have little difficulty using such a person on it’s behalf.

If we have issues of sex, where maybe because of abuse we become addicted to sex as I was in my younger days, then we must confront these situations in our lives and break it with the help of God! You see sexual demons, and especially those of sodomy are extremely hard to get rid of because they bring pleasures to the flesh and the flesh loves pleasure.

God sees all the wrong things in our foundations and tries to remove them but many times we refuse to even allow Him. There is a limit to which we can say “God will understand” because if He is angered sufficiently, He will destroy everything, even di puss an di dawg (the cat and the dog).

If we repent and change our ways, then God will repent also of the things He was about to do. Check out the Jonah story, even the animals were made to fast!

For the most part, we all know what it is we are doing wrong and for the things that we are not seeing now, let us look and listen a bit more intensely.

Father we pray that the hearts will not be hardened, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

How many times have we gone before God to say that effectual fervent prayer and have failed? Tiredness and sleep have gotten the best of us or we just can’t focus. Even when we push, instead of a roar, out comes a whimper!

We drag ourselves along for months until hurricane season. We are threatened with a direct hit and that’s when we pray. It sounds like we are about to loose our roof, and that’s when we pray.

A child who is doing exams is freaking out under the stress, that’s when we pray. We are about to loose a husband or a wife to cancer, that’s when we pray.

Praying to and trusting God through the most difficult times of our lives is never easy, but the more we do it, the easier it becomes and the more at peace we are in the storm.

The very things we reject, God will put us through them and we will have to surrender and trust Him! Would any of us like to drive our vehicle without insurance coverage for months, or having to drive our vehicle for months with the gas mostly below empty, knowing that it could run out of fuel, but trusting God that it will not. And each time fuel is added, the gauge goes up to empty or a little above empty. That’s when we would pray a lot.

Without God stretching us to the limit, we will never know what is possible. Scared? Don’t be, He will never leave us or forsake us. Jesus!… Jesus!… Jesus!.. We love you Lord. Amen.

Father, let our every thought and action be pure and that we will apply them to ourselves liberally in Jesus’ name.

To whom much is given, much is expected and the cattle on a thousand hills is for real, as the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. If we exercise our anointings they will grow, thereby enabling us further.

We accumulate wealth and other possessions in this life by various means. The scriptures says that all good things come from above. The same thing that is meant for good for some people, it is meant for bad for others. For example, wealth to some means helping others and is seen as a vehicle to generally do good, while others see wealth as a means to control and corrupt.

We accumulate things by exercising our faith and by favours from God. We gather together by sheer hard work and perseverance. So should we less care or mistreat the things that we have? No way!!

We have all had to borrow from time to time and that is OK, but there are persons who have perfected the art of borrowing. These persons will not seek to own certain things as long as they can get it to borrow, these persons will borrow the same or similar things for years.

So if we have gone to God and have achieved by faith or by favour, we cannot dishonour God by destroying the very things He has given us, nor can we allow others to destroy them, not even other Christians!!

Bless You my God, my King, my Saviour, Amen.