Faith in God

Many of us must have for the longest time wondered what might have been wrong with Abraham – taking your long waited son to some mountains to slaughter Him in the name of obedience unto his so called God!

But today God has laid to eternal rest many questions regarding how far one ought to go in obedience unto God and brought to light the stronghold of faith.

Mary having understood this dimension of faith, spoke thus, to the savants at the wedding of Cana, John 2:5. And as they obeyed their breakthrough came.

Your own break through has knocked at the door of your life for far too long. It is time you believed in the word of God in this message, and put it to work in faith that you may receive of the wonders of faith. Peace!

Let us begin from the book of Zechariah 9:11-12. Today we have come to partake of the stronghold that we may step into our inheritance. The blood of the covenant is one stronghold against the bulwark of the enemy. Every stronghold of the enemy, be it fear or sin holding you in captivity shall give you way from today. You shall advance in life. As you feed your faith every Jericho or wall of opposition in your life shall crush down in the name of Jesus!

The strongholds of faith.

It takes faith to destroy the work of the Satan. Revelation 12:11. There is one thing though that once in place it makes faith potent. Where faith will never fail but deliver the desired results. This thing is obedience. Obedience to God is the stronghold of faith. Breakthrough never occur except when barriers, oppositions and strongholds (of the devil) are destroyed in the spirit.

The devil shuts the doors for people but God opens them up. And if God is to open your doors you need to provoke him by faith. Faith in obedience moves God but fear, agitations or tears will never. At the red sea Israel wailed and murmured in fear but it was only when God moved in via the faith of Moses that the barrier was destroyed. Exodus 14:11.

Faith that established breakthrough is that which has overwhelmed the heart thereby dictating your actions. This is faith that professes and not just confesses. Exodus 14: 15. And Moses stretched forth his rod while Israel moved forward in obedience. The red sea parted. That barrier was brought down and their breakthrough established.  Faith does not see the problem but the solution as God has said it. Faith celebrates not nor regards problem but despises them. Hebrew 12:2.

But understand this, as we look deeper into our message. Faith actions compliment your belief in obedience to divine instructions for your breakthrough.  John 2:5. Following the story as we know in here from the miracle wine came by reason for their faith action in line with the instructions Jesus gave them.

Faith without action is dead. It is faith that is wrought by work that compels the devil to bow and give way by virtue of God moving into action in your favor. Abraham our father was justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the alter. Rahab a harlot was justified by works when she received the massagers and did not send them away. James 2:14-25. Faith is not a confession but a profession because faith without actions is dead.

What are blessings?

The blessing of soul winning

Spiritual blessing is what every believer wants. It is a good thing to feel blessed in the Lord. In this article we are going to learn on how to be blessed through soul winning.

 

There is a difference between blessing and blessings. You may note this has been explained in our previous teaching but the emphasis is crucial. Because many have confused the two and end up missing both. People out there have property and are multi-millionaires but lack peace in their heart and mind. Instead their lives are sorrowful. They have the blessings but are not blessed.

What is the blessing?

Ø  It is an anointing through which divine favor overflows.

Ø  It is the ability to prevent misfortunes in the lives of others. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate. 1 Timothy 6:17-8.

Ø  It is a covenant of God that overrides the curses of the earth. The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it... Proverbs 10:22, Genesis 3:17-19

Ø  It is the power to produce.

 

Benefits of soul winning.

If you are a soul winner then you are blessed. What do you enjoy in the physical? What are the benefits of soul winning?

Ø  Answers to prayers. Not everyone that asks receives. It is because of failure in the area of soul wining. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye shall ask of the father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15: 16

Ø  Divine health. When you are fruitful God ensures you enjoy good health. Serving God compels him to keep sickness far from you. And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and thy water; and I will make sickness away from the midst of thee. Exodus 23:25., Proverbs 13:17, John 15:2

Ø  Divine wisdom is permitting God to use your mind to be a blessing to the lives of others. Divine wisdom is thinking kingdom wise in order to invest spiritually into the lives of them.

COVENANT PATHWAY TO SUPERNATURAL PROSPERITY

 

In the book of Jeremiah 6: 16 the Holy Spirit admonishes “Thus says the Lord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good ways, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein”. Because the children of Israel did not walk in the ancient paths, they did not enjoy the rest that God had predestinated for them. For 430 years the children of Israel were in slavery.

You will agree with me that slavery comes with heavy poverty.  That was until God remembered his covenant and visited them. Then the York of poverty was broken and their status was changed overnight from slaves to free millionaires. Psalms 105: 37. It was on the basis of the covenant that they received a transformation. This shows that the children of Israel went into slavery and continued in it because they forsook the covenant of their fathers; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Let’s understand this covenants:

 

THE COVENANT FOUNDATION

 

Friends, as believers God has left for us the promise of blessings and this promise only works on the basis of his covenant. When you walk in the covenant of God, he will confirm his blessings upon your life. This promise of blessedness is not a vague promise but rather it is founded on a solid foundation. The bible says that his works are already complete before the foundation of the word (Hebrew 4:3) therefore, your blessedness in life has already been settled in Christ Jesus. The foundation of your blessedness is the death of Jesus Christ on the cross and his resurrection from the dead. 2 Corinthians 8:9. so the end reults of the grace of our lord Jesus Christ to us as believers is blessedness. And the proof of this blessedness is the abundance of all things. 2 Corinthians 9:8. But you provoke the the blessings into practical manifestation in your life as you walk in the covenant of the Almighty God.

Reference: Pastor Ada Adekunle ( world mission agencies march 2018 )

You Can Be Free From Captivity!

One major benefit of prayer is captivity turning. The righteous is always Satan's target and he has just one objective for doing that; he wants to frustrate the believer and wear him out. He wants him to stop believing God, and to curse God so that he can be drawn out of the safety of divine covering to the open where he will be made an easy prey for satanic forces to deal with. But Psalm 34:19 says, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous but God delivereth him out of them all." Not out of 'some', but out of them all. That means, all afflictions are resistible and destructible. There is an answer to every kind of oppression and a way out of all captivities.

God said in Jeremiah 29:12,14, "Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you... and I will turn away your captivity..." God is ever ready to turn away our captivities, but only on one condition - when we call upon Him and pray unto Him.

In Acts chapter 12, we are told that Herod had killed James the brother of John and because there was no reaction from the Church, he proceeded further to take Peter. He put Peter in prison, intending to bring him out to be killed after the Easter celebrations. But the Bible says, "...Prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him..."

Peter was in captivity and would have been killed. He was put in prison, bound with two chains, kept between two soldiers and there were keepers outside the prison doors. Maybe you are in a similar situation, it looks as if you have been chained on every side. But we also see in that chapter that as the saints kept praying for Peter, the night before he was to be killed, the following happened: (1) The angel of the Lord came down, (2) a light shined in the prison, (3) the angel smote Peter on the side and raised him up, (4) Peter's chains fell off from his hands (5) the iron gate that led into the city opened to them of it's own accord (Acts 12:4-12).

Until the oppressed prays he cannot be free from oppression. But when you pray God will send His angel for your deliverance, the light of heaven will shatter every darkness around you, your chains will fall off and new doors of opportunity will begin to open to you on their own accord so that you can enjoy total restoration of all that you may have lost. In the model prayer that Jesus taught His disciples, one of the recommended prayer points is, "...Deliver us from evil" (Luke 11:2,4). Prayer is the gateway to freedom from oppressions and turning of captivities. That is biblical prescription. "Is any among you afflicted? let him pray"(James 5:13)

Meditate on these: Psalm 50:15, Psalm 34:17