10 FACORS THAT COULD DRAIN THE ANOINTING FROM THE ANOINTED

 10 factors that could drain the anointing from the anointed.

Lesson from the whistling kettle

There is this kettle that whistles when the water in it begins to boil; the sound of the whistling can go very far and grows louder and louder as the water boils more and more. Incidentally, when the water begins to go cold there is no sound. To a degree, this is what happens when believers begin to lose the presence of the Holy Spirit. The bible says that we could grieve the Holy Spirit and it also says that we could quench the Holy Spirit. It does not mean that the Holy Spirit has left us but by our attitude and lifestyles, He is no longer able to use us as He intends to. That is the point one anointed person begins to live like there was no oil in his life.

When one gets filled with and connects with the power of the Holy Spirit, we hear much “noise” of loud prayers, zeal for evangelism and enthusiasm for God’s business, but in most cases, even the person concerned may not know when the heat begins to evaporate because there is no sound. It would take a very careful person to know that his life was not as it used to be. Unfortunately, some people in that condition become hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and pride, they will not listen even when those that love them are complaining. Like king Saul, they begin to use fleshly means to fake like they are still anointed.

The day King Saul first had an encounter with the Holy Spirit we read this account of him;

When they arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he joined in their prophesying. When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked each other, "What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" 1 Sam 10:10-11NIV

Take note of how it was described; the Spirit of God came upon him with power, and he joined in their prophesying. I want to say that this act of prophesying was loud and that was what attracted those who had known him before then. The change in his life was very visible and that was what led to the comment, Is Saul also among the prophets?

It was not long when Saul began to have issues with the prophet that God used to raise him and he saw the prophet as an intruder or an obstacle to his own purpose. This unfortunate behavior made God to direct this same prophet to anoint someone else in his place. Blinded by his pride, Saul continued to act as king but God had already replaced him with someone else.

The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." …. So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power. Samuel then went to Ramah. Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him 1 Sam 16:1, 13-14NIV

I want you to note the brief account of what happened and when the Spirit of the Lord left Saul and was replaced with an unclean spirit. Nature abhors vacuum, so another spirit must occupy the space and that was an unclean spirit. That event affected Saul permanently and the subsequent accounts were all that followed that event.

I want to use the last chapter of this short meditation to send some very important warning and guidance to my reader who may already be soaked in the anointing by reading this book.

We will still use the life of king Saul as our subject.

Take note of these ten factors that got Saul the favor of God and of course, when he lost them, God was through with him. (All scripture passages are from 1st Samuel).

1. Emptiness – 9:2-4. Saul was the only known son of a very rich man, he was handsome and taller than most men of his time but he was so humble that he could go for small errands. He emptied himself of every honor that he possessed and went in search of his father’s donkeys and that was how he came in contact with God’s favor.

2. Keep in touch with other believers who walk under the anointing grace 10:10. He was anointed as the next king when he met Prophet Samuel but the prophet told him that what God had put in him will get activated when he came in contact with the company of the prophets. Joining prayer and fellowship meetings with others is vital for the activation of the anointing but when one begins to isolate, it could hinder some things, too.

3. Smallness – 9:21 15:17. God picked him up when he looked down on himself but dumped him at the point where he began to pursue vain glory for himself. I have met some believers who think too highly of them self and they are praying that God would use them.

4. Confession of God’s faithfulness 10:14. Even though God encountered him in the house of Samuel, he refused to confess what God was doing with him. He even hid as if the prophet was in error. To a great extent, that was the beginning of his fall. There are some who know that they are under God’s call but they still live their lives like any other person.

5. Submission to divine authority 11:7. The next sign that Saul will not go far was at the point where he mobilized the fighting men; he put his name before the name of his prophet who had ruled Israel for over forty years before he came to power. Some upcoming ministers do not know how to respect those who have served God before they stepped in. once God starts using them, they begin to lift them self and then God will replace them and the anointing will stop to flow.

6. Dependence on God for every decision 13:2-3. God chose and ordained him but it was not long before he stopped depending totally on God.

7. Giving all the glory to God 15:12. Even while there were serious issues that he did not follow God’s instructions completely, he was already building monuments of himself. This is different from David and other servants of God who first built an altar to God.

8. Total obedience to divine instruction 13:8-9. Of course, if the above issues were in his life, there was no way Saul could have walked in total obedience to God. Like the whistling kettle, he began to lose his heat.

9. Humility when you are wrong 15:20-21. God knows that we are mortals and prone to make costly mistakes but He also expects us to acknowledge our mistakes and seek forgiveness. That was exactly what Saul failed to do.

10. Brokenness 15:27. David committed more sins than Saul but the difference was that David always acknowledged his sins. Saul excused his sin. David found it easy to weep in repentance but Saul began to seek other sources of power instead of repenting before God. That is the reason some servants of God who once operated under the anointing, now fake miracles and visit mystic shops to buy occult oil in order to deceive people.

03 - ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE

It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. Isa. 10:27 NKJV

In talking about the anointing that breaks the yoke, the conventional picture in our mind is of someone who is carrying an iron yoke on his neck or a heavy burden on his shoulder. I want to let you know that those kinds of yokes are not as tough as the bondage that is programmed into the very organic existence of the victims of satanic curses and bondage.

Have you been faced with the challenge of loosening a rusted nut with a spanner. In some cases, the nut has been abandoned in an old machine or engine for years and it has rusted so badly. Every time one applies the spanner to it, rather than loosen the nut out of the hole, the spanner wounds the head of the nut. No amount of effort can change the situation. Some ignorant people will begin to strike the nut with hammer and I can assure you that they will cause more damage to the nut, the hole and even the hammer without a meaningful result.

This is the way some go about their issues in life; they think they need to make more efforts and meet more people and travel to greener pastures. Unfortunately, I have seen the case of people who travelled from Africa to the USA or Europe but their life only got worse. I know a young man who sold everything he had and moved over to Dubai; today is paralyzed because his neighbor committed a crime of drug peddling and the government of that country injected his friend and all the young men in that room with harmful drugs. Videos of a man who is roaming the streets of Lagos as mad is viral on Facebook but this man holds many degrees from prominent universities in the USA. Beloved, it is not a matter of geographical movement.

In talking about the rusted nuts; wait till an experienced person comes around; he will instruct them to apply some engine oil on the nut and allow the oil to soak into the hole. The next time they place the spanner on the nut there will be a firm grip and as they turn the nut, it begins to loosen. With very little effort compared to before, they are able to loosen the nut and bring it safely out of the hole.

The nut did not become smaller, the hole did not become bigger; the iron composition of the nut and the hole did not become softer and the spanner did not become stronger. It was the presence of the oil that made all the difference.

This is what the anointing does in our lives; life without the anointing can be quite stressful; ministry without the anointing can be tougher than should be. A servant of God slumped and died because he preached for 3 consecutive days for twenty minutes for each day. It was not the stress of preaching that killed him; he was doing it without the anointing. Just like the oil lubricated the machine and the nuts, that is how the anointing of the Holy Spirit lubricates our lives. He does not reduce the quantity of work but the flow of the anointing comes in between us and our labors, just like the engine oil came between the nut and the hole, and makes a difficult work easy.

Living under curses is like laboring to loosen a rusted nut without lubrication; a person under a curse will struggle even in a very simple enterprise and he will make so much mistakes that could erode his profit. Generational negative patterns are like that; you know that you should be in the east but forces that you cannot see are dragging you back to the west. You know you should be promoted to a particular high office but for reasons you cannot explain, you are not there. In most cases, as you intensify efforts to reach your goal, circumstances around you make it seem like you are doing something wrong.

You cannot continue to fight alone. You need lubrication! You need the enabling lubrication from the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

There are those who struggle under the burden of depression, not because of anything but a demonic emotional state rests on their life. They cannot find peace and it is consequently affecting those around them. People are avoiding them because they are always complaining. It is not by their choice but something has wrapped its ugly nature around their soul.

and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. Isa. 61:3 NIV

They are grieving or mourning in Zion, even though we are told that upon Mount Zion there shall be deliverance but their Zion has become a place of mourning. (Obadiah. Verse 17)

Take note that there is the negative anointing of mourning which is demonic and there is the anointing oil of joy or gladness which comes from the Holy Spirit. There are those wrapped in garments or spirits of despair; they are not able to move forward in life, not because they do not have the capacity but the spirit of give-up, discouragement and hopelessness rests on them. These fall into the category of people who the Lord Jesus Christ has invited to come to Him for rest of mind.

Today we have a promise that the anointing from the oil of joy will destroy every yoke in your life in Jesus’ name.

Some people currently functioning as heads of families or organization are wondering why it is like a curse. They are at the top but the situation around them make them wish they were at the bottom. There is a battle attached to every elevation and if you want to function well in that office, you need the anointing. Before Saul became the first king of Israel, God made a special arrangement for him to receive the requisite anointing; God instructed Samuel to anointing him.

Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him, saying, "Has not the Lord anointed you leader over his inheritance? 1 Sam. 10:1 NIV

David was anointed thrice as he progressed in life to rule over Israel.

There is the anointing of protection and there is the anointing of enthronement. There is the warrior anointing and there is the anointing of consecration.

There is the anointing for healing and twice in the New Testament it was mentioned in relation to the healing of the saints.

You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me. Ps. 92:10 NIV

They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. Mark 6:13 NIV

Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:14 NIV

Let me briefly explain to you what the anointing does in your life; when the anointing rests on you, it soaks into every fabric of your soul and spiritual identity. It soaks into the bindings and yoke spoken and programmed into your person, physically and spiritually. It soaks into your past and into your present. The anointing runs in between your muscles and your mind. It soaks into the organs of your body; your heart, your lungs, your kidneys, your joints and marrows.

Ezekiel prophesied about the anointing in this way,

Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. Ezek. 47:9 NIV

Salt water represents a cursed life but the anointing can reverse the curses and turn them into blessing; wherever the river of the anointing flows, everything there will live.

The anointing will break the yoke of lack and penury; there will be large numbers of fish.

When the anointing rests on your life, dead organs will begin to come to life.

I want to ask you to buy yourself a bottle of olive oil and use it for your prayers. You can call any of the PNUR Admins to pray the anointing over your oil. At the end of the  prayer, pour the oil over yourself and connect to the anointing flowing from today’s prayer.

TO BE CONTINUED 

Remember that I am praying for you.

02 - ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE

 

ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE 2.

We stated earlier in this meditation that the anointing breaks, or in a more specific sense, destroys yokes and liberates from every satanic bondage in whatever guise. I want to invite you to be open to the power of the anointing in your life as we journey along because the anointing flowing through this meditation can shatter any kind of yoke or burden in your life.

The Lord Jesus Christ invited those who needed rest from bondage to come to Him; that is to avail them self of the flow of the anointing. (Matt.11:28) He was the anointed and the anointing; the Church is His body; hence the Church represents the anointing and the anointed. The Church is not the building or the different denominations we identify with. The Church is made of people like you and me; we are the anointed of God and we represent the anointing. If you have given your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, gotten baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you need to understand that a level of the anointing is resting on you. You can now go further to invite the Holy Spirit to fill you. For the sake of some people who are controversial about this third level, let us read,

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:14-17NIV

There are four things mentioned here;

They accepted the word of God.

They were baptized in the water into the name of Jesus Christ.

The apostles laid hands and prayed for them to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

The good news is that they were filled with the Holy spirit.

There are believers who erroneously believe that it is only those in the pulpit ministry that need the anointing; that is the apostles, the prophets, evangelists, the teachers and the pastors. So, they believe that our present meditation on the subject of the anointing does not really concern them. There are others who believe that when we talk about coming under the flow of the anointing, we are referring to those who need healing and deliverance. These are very wrong and unbiblical positions to assume.

The first official statement about the anointing for service was for artisans; jewelers, carpenters, tailors, woodcutters and their like.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts — to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship. Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given skill to all the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded you: Ex 31:1-6NIV

Take note that it was God who chose Bezalel and Oholiab; it was God who gave them the ability, skills and the requisite knowledge to make artistic designs. God chose them and gave them the gifts and then to cement these together they needed the anointing, so He filled them with His Spirit; He gave them the anointing. Read further and see that every member of that workforce also received the anointing for their side of the job and these men were not into the pulpit ministry.

We are trying to establish that, no matter what your enterprise is, you need the anointing. You need the anointing as a doctor or a nurse. You need the anointing as a lawyer and an engineer. You need the anointing as a university lecturer, banker, transporter or a sports coach. You need the anointing as a trader or driver. The anointing is for everyone. Our world would be a better place to live in if we all operated under the anointing. Our families and homes will be full of more joy if every member was under the influence of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

The unfortunate thing is that most people only begin to seek the anointing in the face of imminent trouble. God called and empowered Moses to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt and by divine instruction he appointed some leaders and elders from among the people. A time came when it became difficult to manage these people but unfortunately Moses thought that these people needed more food, water and meat to be happy. He cried to out to God and you need to read for yourself His reply to Moses,

The Lord said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you. I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone. Num 11:16-17NIV

The Lord said, “Moses I understand that you are anointed but that is not enough to have stability. I also understand the talents and experience among your leaders, but it is not enough to have stability in your team. The people and leaders under you need to carry the same anointing that is flowing from you. Only then will they flow along and cause you less stress. If they must be able to help you in carrying the burden in your assignment, they too need the anointing in your life to flow into their life.”

Glory to God!

Is it not true that many parents today make the same mistake like Moses did? They think that a very expensive school is what their children need. Some CEOs think that their employees will be loyal if they are well educated and well paid. Even some pastors erroneously believe that what their members need to be loyal is food and material things. That is not correct. The spirit in a person governs the person’s behavior.

As a father that is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, once in a while, gather all your children and lay hands on them in prayer and call on the Holy Spirit in your life to rest on them. As a mother that is a believer, once in a while, call your daughter and speak the anointing in your life into her life. Do that deliberately; do it intentionally. As a head of an organization, once in a while, gather your staff in a season of prayer and call down the Holy Spirit in your life into their life. You can solicit the support of your pastor in this direction. As the senior pastor or head of a religious organization, do not major on leadership training only; organize an impartation service and call for the anointing of the Holy Spirit on your life to rest on your workers. The Lord said to Moses, this is one of the ways to evolve synergy among your people and diminish the stress of leadership.

The only problem here is if you are not a prayerful person or the spirit in you is a demon of drunkenness and gambling; or the spirit of nagging at your husband or quarreling about everything. Then, you need to repent before the Lord and invite the Holy Spirit into your life. This is one reason you need to have a pastor or mentor who understands spiritual things and principles. Once in a while, solicit prayer from a man of God you respect or submit to, and ask him to specifically speak the anointing into your life. Invite him to your home and ask him to speak the anointing into your family. If he lives faraway, call him on phone and make the specific request that he should speak the anointing into your life.

Some genuine believers who God elevated to high positions in their life and career, often disconnect themselves from the anointing that elevated them and they only begin to seek the anointing again if a problem arises. It is sad that not everyone remembers to run back under the anointing flow in their time of need. Queen Esther did not remember to run under the anointing flow. She rather kept her problem secret. She did not want anyone to know the true state of her marriage. She had not had any contact with her husband for a whole month. The people outside knew she was the queen but a wizard called Haman had stolen her husband from her. It took the provocation of Mordecai to awaken her. (Esther. Chapter 4-6). Like most women believe, Esther thought that what her husband wanted was sex with many other women, not knowing that witchcraft was at play in her home. Hear me, daughter of Zion, there are women out there who employ the power of witchcraft to draw men away from their lawful wives and destroy their families. Only through the instrumentality of violent prayers under the anointing can such men be rescued.

Thank God that we have a promise today that the anointing breaks every yoke.

Just like I am provoking you now, Esther was provoked into prayer by her mentor and that was when she went to do the prayer for three days and nights to soak herself in the anointing. After the fast, she did not resort to cosmetics as before, she stepped into the presence of her husband and the anointing flowing from her season of prayer shattered the yoke of witchcraft spell from her husband. That was how she recovered her marriage.

Amen!

The anointing does not rest on us to show up and while away time,

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. Acts 10:38NIV

I don’t know how some fellows who claim that they are anointed could stay in a place without moving. This scripture says that God anointed the Lord with Holy Spirit and power and the next thing, He went about… He became mobile! He started to move out in the direction of people’s need. He did good things and He began to heal the sick and cast out demons. He became dynamic.

Somewhere else He said,

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Act. 1:8

Take note of the command that they will be in action and in a progressive motion; Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth. The anointing that is stagnant is questionable. The anointing that is idle is doubtable. We should doubt the anointing that is not provoked in the face of human needs. The anointing that only raises controversy about theology and doctrines, cannot be the same anointing of the Holy Spirit that I carry.

Yes, before this time, they were raising questions about times and seasons and divine timetable for the activities of heaven on the earth, but He told them,

He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Act. 1:7-8

Why do some people seem to have more proof of the anointing in their life? They are the ones that take action. They are the ones that dared to lay hands on the sick. They are the ones that got involved in something. They are the ones that dared to preach. The doctor that laid his hand to pray for his patient will most likely have more testimonies of the power of the anointing than the one who does not. The teacher that prays with the pupils under her care will more likely have testimonies than the one who does not. You will have more proof of the anointing when you act.

Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close attention to what he said. With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed. So there was great joy in that city. Acts 8:4-8NIV

We are not told that it was God who called or sent them. They preached wherever they went and the Lord confirmed His word on them. Stop waiting for a thunder blast from heaven or a visit from angels before you can act; just start acting from wherever you are now.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." … Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it. Mark 16:17-20NIV

The Lord gave the promise and the disciples went out in obedience preaching everywhere, and consequently the Lord confirmed His word.

The anointing is resting on you now, but you may not know it experientially until you act.

(To be continued).

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE

ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE - 01

The Lord Jesus is referred to as the Christ, implying that He is the anointed and He expressed and lived the title of the anointed,

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matt 11:28-30NIV

The anointing is a bondage breaker and yoke destroyer. The anointing comes to set the people free. This agrees with this scripture,

It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. Isa 10:27 NKJV

The anointing stands for 3 things for the Church;

It stands for the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. His name is anointed and exalted above every other name and at the mention of this name every other name or dimension of authority must bow. (Phil.2:9-11)

The anointing represents the mandate that is given to the Church to represent Jesus Christ on this earth. That is the Church is empowered and positioned by a divine fiat to act on the behalf of Jesus Christ. The Church can speak and do things in His behalf and this is the right of every individual member of the Church. It is also a collective responsibility on the Church leadership on earth. This is what is known as the authority of the believers.

Thirdly, the anointing represents the presence of the Holy Spirit on the individual members of the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit is often represented as oil and it is the oil of lubrication for the renewal of the Body of Christ in the area of healing, revival, transformation and unbinding rusted organs in the body of every child of God. (Rom. 8:11). The same way that lubricating oil can release rusted nuts in engines and machines, the anointing power of the holy Spirit can generate healing and renewal in the organic body.

The anointing has the power to lift the burden of depression, demonic oppression and the rust of curses that create difficulties on the part of those who would come to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ said that we will have to come…(Matt. 11:28). If we feel and recognize our need for deliverance and release from demons, sin and evil habits that are destroying our lives, He asks us to come. We are supposed to approach and open ourselves up for the oil or the anointing to flow into our lives.

For the anointing to flow into our lives, there are three very important spiritual factors every child of God needs and none of them is less important than the rest.

Prayer

The word of God

The anointing for the miraculous

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick. Luke 5:16-17NIV

The Lord read and studied the word of God as we all should. It was recorded that at about the age of 12 that He stayed back in the temple just to interact with those who taught Him the word of God. It was from what He was taught and read on His own that He taught others. (Luke. 2:46-47). There should be a deliberate effort on our side to study the word of God in the bible.

We can receive God’s word by reading the bible and other inspired books on our own. Listening to video and audio messages and sitting under sound teachers of the word of God are other sources of the word of God. Through the word of God, we can develop our faith to an effective dimension (Rom.10:17). It is important that every child of God should have a good knowledge of the basic truths of God’s word. The word of God is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. (John. 1:1-2). There is power in God’s word.

However, quality time spent in secret prayers is the hidden generator of the miracles that accompanied the earthly ministry of the Lord. Take note of the clause, “But Jesus often withdrew..” (Luke. 5:16). It was His habit. It was in the place of prayer that He received the empowerment of the Holy Spirit for the great things and deliverances that His ministry was known for. If the miracles will continue to flow, then He must continue to find time to withdraw to a lonely place for the purpose of prayers.

Take note also, “Lonely places..”. This proves that no matter what city or whose home He found Himself, He still managed to search out a lonely place for the purpose of His private prayer.

Maybe this will answer the question for some people, “When I was coming up as a young believer, I used to witness the manifestation of God’s power and the miraculous in my life and ministry, but now I do not see them anymore. Why is it so?”

I can tell you by my personal experience that as a young believer, my heart was set on one thing; God and the pursuit of His presence. As I grew older, I started getting distracted by my pursuit of some men and women who I believed knew more about God or with whom I hoped to receive some favor to help me in life. It was not long before I began to spend lesser time in prayer and fasting. I soon began to worry about my life instead of living in a daily surrender to the Holy Spirit. When this happened, the regular refilling of the power of the Holy Spirit began to diminish and so also was the manifestation of His power.

In some cases, we begin to replace the time we spend in prayer and God’s word with religious activities and sacraments. It is very clear from the bible that no religious sacrament will take the place of the power of God and this power will not be generated just because you have fulfilled any religious sacrament or obligation. This is very evident from the earthly life of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. Matt 3:16-4:2 NIV

Take note that He was baptized in water, but that did not take the place of the infilling of the Holy Spirit. He was filled with the Holy Spirit but the infilling of the Holy Spirit did not automatically imply the available power for effective Christian life and ministry. The beautiful thing is that once the Holy Spirit took hold of Him (as should be the case for every one of us), He led Jesus Christ to the place of prayer in the wilderness. The place of prayer is the place of another dimension of empowerment to prepare Him for the exploit that would later accompany His ministry. The devil, as should be expected, joined Him there in the wilderness just to tempt and possibly derail His purpose. The devil knows how important prayer is in your life and he will do everything to discourage you from visiting there often.

It was after He had spent time in the place of fasting and prayers that we read,

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, Luke 4:14NIV

Luke 5:16 says that it was not a onetime thing, rather He often withdrew to lonely places to pray. For many believers, they are still flaunting that one and first time they fasted as the ground for their expectation of God’s power. Some even boast that they enjoy the power of God without following the footsteps of the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is where lazy Christians have a serious problem because lazy people cannot pray more than the brief sacramental prayers of meal time, bed time and opening prayers for fellowship meetings. The result is that they cannot connect to the kind of power that can cause a major shift in the spirit. So, they look for cheap and easy sources of power; they go to mystic shops to buy items like anointing oil to make people to fall on the ground, salve to drop in their eyes so they can see in the spirit or they follow the usual pattern of Simon the sorcerer where they give an anointed person money so he could give them some of the ability to perform miracles (Act. 8:18-19). If he has some money, he could arrange and pay some people to fake miracles; some charlatans step up in his programs and claim that they got miracles while he prayed for them. All these because he was too lazy to get up from his bed early in the morning or late at night to stand up in the place of private prayer. On the last count, he will begin to argue that there are no more miracles today because they do not happen in his church or ministry. Anyone who has lived all his life at the creek will also argue that planes do not reach the ground.

There are those who have risen lately to say that all we need to do is to teach the people the word of God, and they add that if the people know the word of God, that would be OK for them. Our main text said that the Lord was teaching them the word of God but that was not all of it; it further said that the power of God was present. (Luke 5:17).

It is important that you take a special note of the reason for the presence of the power of God; the power of God was present to heal the sick. Initially there was no one in that meeting that expressed the need for the available healing anointing but it was not long when they noticed the movement in the roof and some desperate fellows laid their friend right in front of the Lord. Thank God that the power was available and the teachings of the Lord was not empty of power. The sick man got healed immediately.

Glory to God.

The Apostle Paul said about his ministry;

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power. 1 Cor 2:1-5NIV

Take note of. “A demonstration of the Spirit’s power”; it was evident and visible to those who were in his meetings. If the anointing is there, it is there; if it is not there, then it is not there. If you have any doubt about how he acquired this kind of power, read the place the Lord introduced Paul to another servant of God.

The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. Acts 9:11NIV

“He is praying!”

I have seen some men who claim to be students of the teachings of Paul but they are not people of prayer; they are just talkers. Paul was a man of prayer. Peter was a man of prayer and you will never find any person who functioned under genuine anointing power who does not spend quality time in prayer.

In Acts chapters 9 and 10, we saw that Paul and Peter, both received revelation for the next level of their calling and ministry while they were in their different places of prayer.

Prayer generates the power of the anointing on the believer.

Prayer generates power of the anointing on the word of God.

Prayer generates the power of the anointing for the manifestation of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Without the anointing power, the word of God would be mere letters and somewhere the Lord said that letters without the anointing is poisonous.

The presence of the anointing will break every kind of yoke.

(To be continued).

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

02 - DEPRESSION: CAUSES AND THEIR HIDDEN DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS 2

DEPRESSION: CAUSES AND THEIR HIDDEN DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS 2

(PNUR Global Day of Fasting and Prayers  06/11/2025)

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matt 11:28-29NIV

Glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. I am glad to announce to you that God has a wonderful package for you today as we seek Him in !prayers. No matter what your needs are, remember that prayer is the opportunity that God has given to you to say something about your life. 

We started talking about depression the other day and the Lord has laid it in my heart that He wants us to dwell on it a bit longer. We all come to the point where we feel depressed and it does not matter how spiritually developed you are. You just need to know how to recognize depression and resolve it. 

Even David came to a point when he began to question the turbulence in his soul.

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon — from Mount Mizar. Ps 42:5-6NIV

A depressed person is downcast and disturbed in his soul; he is suffering inside in such a way that the onlooker might not see. His mind is charged up as the circumstances around him and the devil is giving him a false signal. So, he is not able to recognize all the wonderful good things around him and his entire attention is on some problems that may not even be in existence, but a mirage. That is why most people are surprised when they hear that the person they see every day has done something unthinkable. The beautiful thing we can take from the life of David is that he knew to take his problem to God in prayer. If you are reading this piece now because you are seeking the answer to the problem of depression, let me assure you that Jesus Christ is still the answer to all the problems of the world today. His invitation is still open and all you need to do now is to run into His open arms. In our main text He asks us to come to Him with all our problems and He promised to help us with them.

The Little Boy and The Vulture

The Little Boy and the Vulture" most commonly refers to a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1993 photograph by Kevin Carter, depicting a starving boy collapsed while a vulture lurks nearby in Sudan. Kevin Carter, a photo-journalist took his own life in the year 1994 due to depression but you would be shocked when you learn the reason for his suicide. There was a severe famine in Sudan and the United Nations Organization was making every effort to draw the attention of donors to the life-threatening situation. Kevin Carter travelled to the region in 1993 as a photo journalist and captured a photo image with his professional camera. It was a starving boy who appeared to be close to the point of death resulting from the famine. Beside the boy was a vulture and the heading on the news report said that the vulture was waiting for the boy to die so it could feed on him. New York times published the photo and truly it got the desired global attention and Kevin Carter won an award because of the photo. In the course of a live radio discussion, one of the call-in contributors said that there were two vultures on that day waiting to feed on the child. One was the bird and the other was the photo man who did nothing to save the child. Many other voices joined together to condemn Kevin Carter and they claimed that he was a heartless person who preyed on the child’s difficult condition to win a global award because, according to their understanding, instead of helping the child, he took a photograph. As simple as this story seems but it got Kevin Carter depressed which resulted in his committing suicide. Unfortunately, there are still many voices supporting this false narrative.

Now, here are some proven facts; even the initial report referred to the child as a girl, he was a boy. The child did not die. The child was actually at the UNO food center location and he did survive the famine. His name was Kong Nyong. This false accusation made Kevin Carter to commit suicide at the point of his greatest success in his entire career. What they said was not true but Kevin Carter kept juggling this false narrative in his mind until he believed the lie and killed himself.

We took time to analyze this to show us that it is not always true that people suffer and die from depression because of difficult times. The truth is that some of them are in the best season of their life. As we proceed, I want you to check yourself.

We have a lot of bible accounts to support this.

Amnon was the son of the most powerful man on earth in his time, King David, who raped his stepsister, Tamar. Before he carried out this art, here is the way different versions of the bible described his state of mind.

2 Sam 13:2

And Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick for his [half] sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it impossible for him to do anything to her. AMP

Amnon became frustrated to the point of illness on account of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her. NIV

Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her. NLT

None of these translations said that he was poor or afraid. In summary, he became depressed because he felt like having sex with the girl. He wrongly believed that he was in love. When he eventually succeeded, this is what the bible said,

But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her. Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and get out!" 2 Sam 13:14-15NIV

It has been established that greatest number of depressed people have the urge to kill themselves or take actions that will hurt them. 

Moses was at the highest point of his ministry when he suffered depression.

Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. He asked the Lord, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?  Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers? Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, 'Give us meat to eat!'  I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now — if I have found favor in your eyes — and do not let me face my own ruin."  Num 11:10-15NIV

Here again, Moses was depressed because of the grumbling of the people and then he began to quarrel against God and pray for his own death. That is the point some leave the church and resort to sport gambling on Sundays.

Elijah had depression after he won an epic battle against his enemies on Mount Carmel and turned an entire nation back to God. Depressed Elijah also prayed for death.

Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, Lord," he said. "Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." 1 Kings 19:3-4NIV

This is the point that pastors quit the ministry. A man who came to my office narrated how he quit his good paying job and lived to regret every action. It was depression.

In none of these instances did God answer the prayer of these servants of God. That is because their prayer was turned in the wrong direction. This may be the reason most so-called radical prayers do not receive any response from God. If you read further, you will discover that their depressed state of mind misinterpreted the situation they were into. What God offered them was a direction on how to resolve their problem. 

I want to believe that if Kevin Carter sought counsel from a matured servant of God, he would have lived longer to see his own vindication. Here is another benefit of being a spirit-led child of God. At moments like this the Holy Spirit will begin to drop some words in to your spirit to remind you of what the word of God said about your situation. Satan and his demons will also try to tell you how desperate your condition was but it is at the same time the Holy Spirit urges you to get up and visit your pastor or call another spirit-filled child of God.

In the volume one of this meditation, we mentioned the different possible causes of depression but I am of the opinion that most victims of depression are under demonic oppression.  Witches and wizards also cast spells on people and most of them begin to feel the stranglehold of darkness enveloping their soul. The demon of depression comes over its victim like a thick cloud and the result is that they are not able to reason freely. That is why most of them take decisions that harm their person.  We said that depressed people could harm people around them but the truth is that it is only in the secondary sense. They can harm people who are trying to keep them from harming them self. The man that killed his children, saw them as the reason he had to keep on living, or as a way to get revenge at someone else.

Let me make the following suggestions for victims of depression.

1. Recognize it as a spiritual battle. No matter what your medical report says, see it as the devil trying to oppress you.

2. Recognize that with the help of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, you will come out victorious.

3. Go into simple prayers like, “I thank you, Jesus Christ”. say it repeatedly. “I cover myself with the blood of Jesus Christ!” etc

4. If you can, pick up your bible and read the promises of God. Otherwise, repeat Psalm 23 as many times as possible. 

5. Try to share the pressure you are facing with someone. Talk to someone but prayerfully seek out someone who is not going to complicate your case with a wrong advice.

6. Consult a doctor if there is a medical connection to what you are facing, but preferably a doctor that is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

7. Do some personal warfare prayers. You can download, “Powerful Prayers by the Authority in the Blood of Jesus Christ”. It has helped many people

8. Seek out a servant of God who has some understanding in deliverance and spiritual warfare and go for deliverance. You can ask an available child of God to pray for you and command the demon of depression to get out of your life.

9. Where it is possible, do not fail to attend church fellowship. Heb. 10:25

10. Do not let your confidence in God shake. Psalm 46:10

We will be saying more on this subject in the course of our prayers today.

Remember to join the fast today.

Remember to invite other people to join us.

Remember to choose time and location for your personal prayers.

We are praying for you.

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com 

DEPRESSION: CAUSES AND THEIR HIDDEN DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS

A locked cockpit door turned an airliner into a weapon.

On March 24, 2015, German wings Flight 9525 was cruising from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. Nothing seemed unusual. Then, when the captain stepped out of the cockpit, tragedy began. Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked the reinforced cockpit door. From that moment, no one could get inside. He quietly programmed the plane into a steady descent toward the French Alps. The captain pounded on the door. Passengers screamed in the cabin. Air traffic controllers tried to make contact. But inside the cockpit, Lubitz said nothing. He simply watched the altitude fall. At 700 km/h, the Airbus A320 slammed into a mountainside. The crash killed all 150 people on board in seconds. Families, children, and an entire high school class on a trip — gone. The investigation revealed chilling details. Lubitz had a long history of severe depression. He had been declared unfit to work by doctors. But he hid his condition from his employer. He even searched online for ways to crash a plane in the days before the flight. A single locked door decided the fate of 150 people.

Depression is an emotional condition which is very rampart today and the story you just read is just one example of how it could end.  It could be caused by stressful conditions at home or the office; it could be caused by a sense of lack of personal fulfilment, especially for those who set a very high target for themselves. For example, some set a target for themselves on what age they believe that they would have bought their first car, gotten married and/or built their own house. More often than not, other factors interrupt their plans and they fail to reach the goal at the intended time. This has resulted in depression for some people.

Leaning too much on public opinion; a senior accountant committed suicide and the suicide note said that people in his office did not openly appreciate his efforts in the company and he felt his life was not making any difference. Unfortunately, he was the highest paid staff in the company and the CEO held him in esteem. 

A sense of rejection for women when they are not able to have their own baby and for the men, when they are not able to have sex with their wives. Some women have felt depressed at their middle-ages of 40s-50s when they noticed that men stopped showing interest in them for sex; this is especially when many of such women have a strong urge for sex at that age bracket. For men, when they are not able to meet the financial need of their family and unfortunately, some women nag such men to  their early graves with words like, “How can I be suffering like this as if I am a widow even when I am living with a man in the house?”

It was reported few years ago that an American lad committed suicide when he noticed he had low grades during his examination. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the low grade was the result of a typographic error. We have heard reports of pastors who suffered from depression because they were not seeing growth in their ministry. A young minister pronounced curses on the elders in his church and resigned because they kept obstructing his plans to move the church forward. These are serious emotional conditions and only the victims know how it feels.

Hormonal changes in men and women; for women at the time of menopause their entire body system experience a lot of changes and they are not able to understand them self. In the absence of an understanding spouse, this could be catastrophic and a number of them have walked out of their marriage. I got to know what andropause was when I experienced it. If not for the emotional support of my wife, I don’t know how I would have turned out. I thought I was going impotent and many other things I cannot say here.

There are those who have this unfortunate factor in their genes; that means, depression is something that runs in their family line.  That is why it is important that everyone should study their family tree, spiritually, medically and emotionally. The Lord Jesus Christ said that a tree is recognized by its fruit. It is not a death sentence if you have it on your family tree because He also said that you can work on your family tree. Matt. 12:33 to make it good. (You can learn more on the subject by reading my book, The Challenges Associated to the Family Tree. Available on the PNUR Online Bookstore. You can order directly from my office.)

Abuse of alcohol and hard drugs can lead to depression. Unfortunately, some people who are facing crisis run to these things for comfort and they end up making things worse. Gambling and pornography are major causes of depression. Anything that one does which he will not be proud to make public could cause depression.

Falling in love with someone who has no feeling for you. Many young women who have given all to a man only to discover that the man has no feeling for them, have spent the rest of their life depressed and unable to fall in love again. 

Repeated illness and especially when the causes cannot be traced. This kind of patients are often depressed. Loss of loved one has also contributed to depression.

One last contributor is demonic possession and many counsellors are not even aware of it. In fact, most of the cases that ended in suicide are caused by demons. Once you cast out the demon, the person becomes relieved.

 Mark 5:3-5

This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

This scripture shows the level of danger those who stay around depressed people are exposed to;.

The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully upon Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the harp, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice. 1 Sam 18:10-11NIV

 King Saul had a demon and that caused him discontent; he was not happy with himself and he expressed that towards another person who he considered a rival. There was the news of a man in the USA who killed his four children and invited the police to come and arrest him.

Some depressed people end up taking their own lives. Some make the mistake of resorting to hard drugs or alcohol. Some depression resulted from the nagging wives or abusive husbands and by this they extend their unhealthy emotional conditions to their immediate families and colleagues at work. 

A Nigerian army man once opened fire on a number of his colleagues and then killed himself. It was traced to depression. Here in Port Harcourt the son of a pastor bought himself some poison and took his own life. He had returned from school a few days ago and was complaining about some things. His father saw it as one of those things young people do and left him to go to church but when he came back, he saw the lifeless body of his son in the house; he took his life.

Depression is more than just having a bad day; some things are not really in their rightful places in their mind. It is often connected to changes or movements in the brain. It could be the result of some demons driving their victim to self-destruction. What we refer to as OCD in the deliverance ministry.

 For those who are facing this challenge currently, my advice is that you have to talk to someone; preferably a servant of God you respect. I want to say to parents and ministers of the gospel, at times all the person needs are listening ears and a hug after. At times what the victim is talking about does not make sense to you, but it means everything to him or her. Just listen. If you believe that you are not emotionally prepared for it, help him or her find someone who can handle it.

The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. Isa 50:4NIV

I also encourage us to try all we can, not to allow negative words out of our mouth. I remember when I used what I considered a joke at a brother, only to discover that I touched on a very serious matter in his life. I had to apologize immediately. 

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph 4:29NIV

This is very important for pastors and parents; a woman ran to my house after Sunday service in her church with eyes drenched in tears. She had been in a childless marriage for over ten years but during his sermon, her pastor had said that most women who are not able to have children was because they damaged their womb during unlawful abortion as young ladies. I can bet that her pastor did not have her in mind when he said that.

Some women who nagged their husbands to death only began to see their mistake after the man had died. A man threw out his wife to marry another woman because she could not have a baby. The same woman got pregnant only a few months after with another man. The other man received her the way she was and her body was relaxed to conceive. Her former husband got married to another woman who deceived him that he got her pregnant. Years after it was discovered because the child was a Sickler; the man was AA genotype. He lost it all. Let us learn to be there for one another.

This also goes for the way we treat our pastors. We hear people talk and insult pastors calling them jobless people. The work of the pastor is in the same level with the teachers’, lawyers and consultants. We gladly give these people money but ignore the pastor. For some people, the pastor is more like an ambulance that is only consulted when there is bad news. The result is that most genuine servants of God have abandoned their churches and members to search for secular jobs. Fake prophets now take their place and they are exploiting people. The same people who pushed away their pastor are complaining. 

There is no one way to know the signs of depression in everyone. For some people, they sit quietly without talking to anyone. This is the worst condition because no one knows what is building inside. For some people, they complain about everything and weep over any little provocation. There are those who become violent. There are those who cover their condition with “always busy doing something” attitude. Some women get aggressive when approached for sex. They just want to remain alone. There are those who just accuse everyone of not thinking about their own problem. In whatever way it expresses itself, depression is a serious emotional condition that should not be overlooked.

Are there other ways you have noticed the signs of depression in yourself or others?

Kindly share with us at the comments section 

Emma, your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

GOD’S AGENDA: WHERE YOU COME IN

 

GOD’S AGENDA – WHERE YOU COME IN

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. 2 Thess 3:1 NIV

The message of the Lord is the message of salvation and deliverance for people in bondage. It is important that we understand that any delay in the flow of the gospel could mean that someone dies somewhere and ends up in hellfire. A delay could also mean that a genuine child of God somewhere will miss the opportunity to receive a very important direction in his life. That is why it should be our prayers that the message should spread unhindered. But it can only spread when it finds a vehicle to carry it. Some of the vehicles may not be very sophisticated. Yes, it may just be a piece of paper in the form of gospel tracts.

One of the most powerful testimonies I have heard on sharing the gospel randomly is that of Apostle Zilly Aggrey. He lives and has the headquarter of his church in Port Harcourt city. Before his conversion, he suffered from epilepsy and we don’t need to be told that it made his life miserable. I have the sad experience of seeing a man who suffered from epileptic attack while we were talking. This condition drove Apostle Zilly Aggrey to decide to take his life. He went to a medicine shop and bought some drugs which he knew will take his life. However, divine providence had it that the chemist person wrapped the drugs with a gospel tract. When he got home, he was attracted to the subject on the tracts, he read it and at that point gave his life to Christ. That marked his conversion and subsequent healing from epilepsy.

I still encourage brethren to print and share tracts. Even though we complain that godless people often receive tracts to waste them just like the chemist man, but the case of Apostle Zilly Aggrey should remind us that God can use bad people to fulfill His purpose.

 There was this account of some street preachers who gave a tract to a mad woman who kept pestering them to give her a copy of the tract. Initially they refused considering it a waste of scarce resources. When they could not take it anymore, they offered her one. She withdrew to a corner of the road where she sat and started eating the tract. To the surprise of onlookers, this mad woman was delivered from the spirit of insanity. She regained her sanity and that led to her conversion.

We have many such testimonies regarding our online newsletters which we share via WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms. A woman based in the USA sent me some seed faith and testified that she got delivered by using a prayer collection that I shared online. Another man in Nigeria sent me an offering, testifying that he followed my series on witchcraft in the neighborhood. I can proudly say that a good number of my online followers read my articles randomly online and then decided to connect.

A young pastor that met me in the just concluded Open Heavens Prayer Summit in Uyo, Nigeria called today to testify that reading one of my books, Confronting Witchcraft in the Neighborhood, just led him to deliverance from some satanic yokes while he used the prayer collections. He is a young pastor who needed some spiritual supports. He did not have a smartphone to follow online, so I just handed him the hard copies. I thank God for the new phase of his life.

I am sharing these to show you that sharing our articles and books has been used by God to reach many souls around the world. I have met people online who are from countries that I can’t find on the map but we have been able to reach them. 

Our conferences has been used by the Holy Spirit to meet the spiritual and emotional needs of many children of God and ministers of the gospel. 

I want to tell you, my wonderful members and partners that we have achieved so much because some of you committed their time and money to support us. I am glad to say that God has placed some wonderful children of God on the PNUR Platform and like we have often stated, it takes only a genuine sincere lover of God and His word for anyone of you to have remained on this network for so long; some for over six years now. But we have to go beyond just being blessed to joining the work force so the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ will reach more people.

Talking to the brethren in Thessalonica, the Apostle Paul boldly said that the gospel he preached was honored among them and he prayed that, it will be OK for him if the other people he would meet in other places were like them. In fact, that is the way I feel about a lot of you. Just like the Apostle Paul, I don’t wish that the gospel I preach should end with you. I want to reach many other people and I know it is the will of God that we all should join our efforts to this end. The Lord has given me several revelations that encouraged me to persist in sharing the gospel via the social media. He has told me repeatedly that we are achieving goals beyond our imagination. We have several English language platforms, French language and Swahili language platforms. Every morning, we make sure that we send out something and we are glad to do it.

However, I want to remind us that we now need everyone of you to get involved one way or the other. When you read any article or listen to any message on our platform, we want to ask that you pass them to other people. As we saw in the case of Zilly Aggrey, that may be a message that could save a soul in danger. Our Youtube channel has many testimonies of people who got delivered because they got in touch with our messages this way. 

A lady in a part of India told me that she met Christ by following the gospel online and she is the only Christian in the community where she lives. This kind of person relies on our messages for their spiritual development. You will do well to send out messages randomly and the Holy Spirit knows how to direct it to them.

Another area we need your support is towards our conferences. From the month of August to October 2025 we have organized three major conferences in three cities and we have two more before us. It would be heartwarming if members of the PNUR Family sent us some financial support. We have the time to go and everyone cannot travel the way we do. One thing you can do is to send us your support.

Pastor Kassey and his team launched out for street evangelism and other teams are preparing to launch out too. We need money to print tracts, books, advert flyers and for other logistics. Some of our followers even forget that ministering to you online cost money and my staff need to be taken care of. You do not need to wait for when you have plenty of money to send. Those of you in D R Congo and South Africa has an arrangement to send any amount God has made available to you. Just ask your admin.

The Lord has placed this sense of urgency in my spirit and by the grace of God and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we will continue to do the Lord’s work while we wait for His return. I don’t want to end this message without reminding you that we need your prayers too. 

Finally, we will be glad to have you as a volunteer worker in the PNUR Team. Private chat me if you need more information.

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Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com