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Encounter with the Almighty: A Mission Possible.

  

Bible Nugget 0222 [Job 42: 5 – 6, KJV]

 5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

 

Whether one meets God or you hears his voice, the effects are alike. It is called an encounter with the Lord. You are caught between the Rock Himself who is the Rock of Ages and a hard place. If you flee from the Rock, you enter the territory of the enemy, that is the devil whose mission is to steal to kill and to destroy [John 10:10] but if you stay with the Rock, he melts and moulds you. Have you had an unforgettable encounter with the Lord?  How do you think God looks like if you encountered him face to face? An encounter with God leaves a permanent memory. It will be so vivid that you can say I know when it happened to me and nothing can remove that meeting from my spirit. You can hear of somebody and it has no direct relevance to you or you can hear of someone and it has a dumbfounding impact on your life. When you meet God you meet the greatest mirror, because he is a spiritual mirror who tells you what you are.

Job had an encounter with the Lord and was honest with himself. You must be honest with yourself and be ready to amend your ways for the encounter with God to be real.

When you have met the Lord, your life will be completely reversed, you will undergo complete overhaul; a new thing will begin to happen.  When Peter encountered Jesus he exclaimed depart from me for I am a sinner. Isaiah saw the Lord and said “Woe is me”, Ezekiel saw God and fell on his face; Daniel saw the Lord and said I was like a dead man. Paul when he was Saul of Tarsus met the Lord and the effect wore on and revamped the early church. Wouldn’t you like to have a special encounter with this unchanging changer himself? Pray fervently and let His presence fill your heart. He will leave an impression in your spirit that he has visited you.

  

Prayer Nugget 0222

Oh Lord opens my ears to hear your voice. Let the sound of your voice be sweet to my ears. I ask for your forgiveness in wandering away from your presence. My ears will not be dull of hearing anymore in Jesus Name. My eyes will see the glory of the Lord. Trample down every evil vintage in my life. Let me live on a higher ground where I can see you and have fellowship with you.  Every spiritual cataract disturbing my clear vision of the Almighty, clear in the Name of Jesus. Make my walk to be closer to you everyday. I will walk with you in the light of your word in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Arise & Shine Your Light into a Dark World

 Bible Nugget 0221 [Isaiah 60 v 1 – 3 KJV]

1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

 2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

 3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

 Light is superior and master to darkness. When light appears on a scene darkness gives way. The Bible says, God is light and in him there is no darkness at all and that God covers himself with light as a garment. The more we stay in the presence of God, the more the light of God reflects on us. Moses stayed in the presence of God for forty days and forty nights and when he came down from the mountain, the children of Israel could not look at the face of Moses because his face shone with a powerful reflection of God’s glory. The desire of God is that his children beam his glory to the world because gross darkness covers the world without them as they carry the image of Christ. There is collective darkness and individual darkness. Collective darkness covers a nation, a group of people or tribe, a clan and families. The devil is the prince of darkness and he has veiled the hearts of men so that they should not understand the glorious gospel of Jesus. Individual darkness is the intensity of darkness spiritually in a person’s life. Jesus wants to beam his light into such a soul because he says “I am the light of the world” and anyone who does not know Jesus is walking in darkness. A Christian should not allow an iota of darkness into his life, nor allow darkness to propagate in the lives of others around him. Today the question God is asking is you is,  if you have allowed your heart to become room to darkness, how great is that darkness. Let the glorious light of Jesus shine into every area of your life today, and your life will attract others to Christ as you live your life under God’s presence. God will attract all men and women, both small and great to himself through your light. If your light is already shining, shine even brighter. Do not hide your light or allow the enemy to veil it from shining.

 
Prayer Nugget 0221
Pray the following prayers with all intensity (each prayer with your eyes closed if it is safe).

1.       Oh LORD let your light shine brighter and brighter in my life unto the perfect day of the second coming of our LORD Jesus Christ in Jesus Name.

2.       I arise out of every form of darkness. You darkness, I am light because I reflect the glory of God in Jesus Name.

3.       I refuse to cooperate or harbour any form of evil in my life in Jesus Name.

4.       Oh Lord, deliver my soul. Transform me completely into your kingdom in Jesus Name.

5.       Oh Lord deliver this nation and every nation from the darkness envelope of the enemy. Break every barrier hindering the gospel and the word of God spreading to every nation and tribe in Jesus Name.

6.       Oh Lord let your light in my life shine with full intensity and attract others into your kingdom in Jesus Name.

7.     Boldly repeat many times and see the light of God flood your soul: I dwell in the light; my heart is full of light; my family and loved ones are full of light; my house, my car or anywhere I am at any moment is full of light. Darkness vanish from my life and around me in Jesus Name. Amen.

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The humility of Jesus

Bible Nugget 0220 [Phil 2: 5-8 Amplified]

5Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:]  6Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,   7But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.   8And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

The coming of Jesus into the world to save man from sin and restore him back to God was the most humble assignment ever undertaken Imagine a King who has to go rescue one of his servants held as a captive or a slave by another king of the least order.   The king going on the rescue mission humbles himself, takes the form of a servant in the captor king’s house and satisfies all monarchy and statutory requirements for the release of that servant.  Only after he paid the ultimate price of death does the captive servant realise that his master king had died to take his place because the captor king had appointed a day the captive servant would have been slain. The bible says the devil is the prince of this world and all human beings born into this world are subject to the law of sin and death administered by the devil. Only a comprehensive faith in the blood of Jesus will release you, because he came to take your place so that you do not need to be under bondage anymore. Jesus is the King of kings.   Jesus stripped himself of all the heavenly glory to come for the rescue mission of taking man back to God. Unfortunately some people do not want to take a ride with Jesus back to God in heaven.  That is the situation of the sinner until he accepts Christ. If you are already a Christian, imitate Christ in your attitude. Put on humility as your garment in dealing with others and let the beauty of Jesus be seen in you. The opposite of humility is pride and the master and chief actor of pride is Lucifer himself. He was in heaven and was driven out from heaven because of pride. The bible say’s pride precedes fall. Avoid all dealings with the enemy of your soul and be like the lowly God made man, Jesus.

 

Prayer Nugget 0220

Thank God for Jesus and ask God to remove every form of pride and fill you up with humility. Pray.

 Thank you Father for making provision for my salvation by the death of Christ on the cross.  Lord Jesus, thank you for leaving all the glories of heaven to come to the earth and humbling yourself to die on the cross for me. Holy Spirit thank you for raising Jesus from the dead so that I have hope of a better life and resurrection.  Holy Spirit help me to live a life of humility and brokenness in Jesus Name. Remove from my life any affinity of sin and break every chord tying me to sin and the devil.   Grant me the grace to be humble in all areas of my life. I bind every spirit of pride that opposes the knowledge and work of God in my life in Jesus name. Let the cross be before me and the world behind me at all times in Jesus Name. Holy Spirit, fill the heart of your children with the spirit of humility so the heart of men and women will be drawn to you. Glorify your church by raising many people in the land to serve you because Jesus has paid for the ransom of their souls. Deliver the souls of men from the spirit of death, the grave and hell by their repentance in this life in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Be Strong and Battle Ready

Bible Nugget  0219 [Eph 6: 10-18 KJV]

 

  10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

 18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 

 

 

 

Your true strength depends on how much spiritual muscle you have in the Lord, not on how many pounds of dumbbell you can lift. As a sportsman trains himself for the big occasion such as an Olympic with his eyes on the gold, we are admonished to be strong in the Lord or as stated in  2 Tim 2 v 1 … be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Tone your spiritual muscles to receive more strength by diligent study and obedience to the word of God and in prayers. The more you do this the more reserve strength you have which you can depend upon when you need it. You will need those spiritual muscles for the big occasions – fights with the devil and all the evil forces. You do not necessarily have to take the battle to them before they attack you. They wait for you unguarded moments, and then they spring their surprises. It may be in terms of your health, your family or children, your business or a combination of these or all at the same time like the case of Job. The whole amour of God is your only weapon to resist, fight and defeat the devil in every kind of tricks to lure you into his camp. The devil’s desire is to make you totaly powerless spiritually and hold you captive obeying its will only. Unfortunately as depicted in some wrestling contests, there are no rules in this match. It is the case of winner- takes- all. The enemy launches its weapons depending on your level of resistance. I will not get into the details of each armour but take the armour you are most lacking in one at a time, evaluate your present strength in that armour and  ask God for more grace and strength to use that armour. Be Strong in the Lord in Jesus Name. Amen.

Prayer Nugget 0219 
Lord forgive me for anyway I have cooperated or allowed the devil to have his way in my life in the past.  Cleanse my heart by your precious blood and fill me up with your Holy Spirit. Deposit into me your power. Strengthen me in my inner man and fortify me with all your spiritual weapons against the tactics of the forces of darkness in Jesus Name. I will not stay unguarded anymore. Open my eyes to see where the enemy is hiding and all areas of weaknesses in my life. I put on your amour of the breast plate of righteousness (mention the weapons one by one by repeating I put on….). Pray in the spirit for 10 minutes. If you speak in tongues, speak and God’s power will be released upon you in Jesus name. Amen.

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Our God Changes Destinies

Bible Nugget 0218 [1 Chronicles 4: 9-10 American standard Bible]

9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

In 1 Chronicle chapters 1 to 5, lists of people are mentioned who lived in different generations starting with Adam, the first man created by God. No doubt, some of the people in the genealogies mentioned had wonderful experience with God, while others lived unhappy lives. One name that stands out, who wanted to live an eventful life and not be constrained by his past personal circumstances, was Jabez.  The two verses above summarized his life.

Jabez was born in sorrow by his mother and he lived a life filled with sorrow until he met the God of Israel, a life falling apart until he wrestled with God in prayer, Gen 32:24-32. See bible Nugget 0208). What an encounter! To have a stigma in ones life without hope is definitely demoralizing and the evil spirits of shame will rule such a life. Jabez’s mother named him Jabez because of her sorrowful experience of pain at his birth. She refused to forget the pain of childbirth even after seeing the bundle of joy of a baby before her, and stuck her child with a name tag that will made people to have second thought whenever they called or remembered his name. His name was his badge. He probably had few friends at childhood and was most likely bullied. The total sum of his life experience was shame. That did not deter him from seeking solution. He refused to be discouraged and sought solution, until he found the right solution. He sought God in prayers, asked for full restoration of lost and new blessings, asked for expansion and not contraction brought by shame and prayed for wisdom to discern between good and evil. He had a very heavy heart and he poured it out to God. Jabez’s case shows God will listen and grant the prayer of a heart laden with the sorrow of past failures. Unlike a woman who can forget to have compassion on a child she is tending, God says he will not forget you in your situation.

 

Isaiah 49:15

 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Jabez addressed God with the right words in prayer. He remembered that Jacob’s name was changed from Jacob to Israel by God.  Jabez knew that if he could connect with God just as Jacob did with God his life will be changed. The life experience of Jacob was filled with distress until he saw God and wrestled with God in prayer, Gen 32:24-32. See bible Nugget 0208.

 

 

 

Prayer Nugget 0218

Begin to pray divine destiny prayer for yourself.

Lord thank you for re-shaping my life to conform to your will. Lord, I thank you because my destiny is in your hands and you know my past.  I bury the sorrows of the past in the sea of forgetfulness of the Lord in Jesus Name. Erase from my mind every memory of failure.  Let the pain and sorrows of the past not grieve or hunt me in Jesus Name. I come against you Satan by the Blood of the Lamb. The Lord Jesus has borne my pain and I live and enjoy the abundant life as an adopted Son of God. Lord let your blessings abound upon my life, enlarge my coast and let me hate and shun evil all the days of my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

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Nature Obeys When It Is the Lord’s Business

Bible Nugget 0217 [Joshua 10 V 12 – 14 KJV]

12Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, be silent and stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the Valley of Ajalon!

    13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation took vengeance upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.

    14There was no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man. For the Lord fought for Israel.

 We serve a Mighty God, the creator of thee universe who keeps all the heavenly bodies intact by his awesome power. He created all things by his spoken Word.  For example, God said, “Let there be light: and there was light” [Gen 1:3]. The sun, moon and stars continue to declare his glory and the marvel of his works [Psalm 19:1-6].  v1 says Joshua spoke to God concerning the issue at hand which was total defeat of their enemy.  Having cleared with God, Joshua spoke to the sun to delay its setting and the moon not to hasten its appearance. How glad God must have been to hear a man created in his own image speaking words of faith and calling on the works of God’s hand to obey him. God made man to have dominion over the work of his hands [Psalm 8:6] and God was pleased to honored Joshua faith.     Three issues come to mind reading verse 14.

1.      The Lord fought for Israel. We need to depend on God to grant us victory in all our battles. God has all the resources in heaven to do this including assigning angels on our behalf. God knows how to keep his creation going so that we can have victory.

2.      The Lord heeded the voice of a man. The Lord will always respond to a prayer of faith. Elijah was a man of like passion and the bible says he caused rain to cease for 3 years on the land when the people forsook God, and then caused rain to start again after 3 years. God can hear you and answer your prayer too.

3.      God still answers prayers today even if they are for “big” thing. All you need is to step up your faith to match the “big” thing, asking in the Name of Jesus. Jesus says whatever we ask the Father in his Name it will be done by God the Father. You can believe God for a miracle in your life today.

Prayer Nugget 0217 
Oh Lord I magnify you and worship you for all your wondrous works. I marvel at the works of your hands- the sun, moon, stars and all the heavenly bodies. Lord, you are the Almighty and you are glorious in Holiness and fearful in Praises. Lord hearken unto my prayers and cause all your creation to cooperate with me until I obtain my breakthrough. Do dumbfounding miracles in my life that will glorify your name. I pray for victory in any battle your children may be going through. Raise a standard for your people and fight the battles for your people. Establish your people against the heathen and let the enemy be subdued under us in Jesus name. Let the earth be still and obey as we conquer and rejoice over the spoils of the enemy in Jesus Name. Amen.