01 IS IT POSSIBLE TO HEAR FROM GOD TODAY?

 Is It Possible to Hear from God Today? 1

Does God still speak to people today as in bible days? The answer is yes. 

Can anybody, I mean any human being, irrespective of his religion or denomination hear the voice of God? The answer is Yes. 

Why then is it that not many people can boldly confess to have heard from God? That is why we are making this journey on this meditation. 

Many Christians have suffered some casualty because they are not able to hear from God. Some out of ignorance have heard from the devil and erroneously ascribed it to God and so suffered for it. There are people who just close their eyes for few seconds and then open the bible to any page and claim that as God’s message to them. In as much as that is not totally wrong, why should one seek the audience of a living being like God like that? Why should a child of God seek the opinion or audience of his living heavenly father as some operate with a gambling machine?

It is needful that we understand that every Christian should have a natural appetite and desire to hear from God. To put it in another way, it is not possible to find a genuine child of God who does not have a strong desire to hear God speak to him or her. Before we got born again, there is something in us that was not working and that is what I call “the Life of God”. That Life of God is the inherent nature of God which man possessed at creation as the breath of God entered him. When man sinned against God at the Garden of Eden by choosing to disobey God at the suggestion of the devil, that life of God suffered a major blow and died. At the point of salvation, that thing comes alive again. The spirit nature of man resurrects and begins to strive to relate with like spirits. Remember that man was made in the likeness and image of God. The result of this is the questions newly born again people ask.

What do I do next?

How do I overcome temptations?

How do I pray?

How do I read and understand my bible?

How can I serve God in the right way?

And most importantly, how do I hear the voice of God?

If anyone that claims to be a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ does not have these kind of questions bubbling up in him or her, there is every strong reason to doubt that the person is really born again. Hence we can deduce that every genuine child of God deliberately sets his or heart to know and try to hear God’s voice. Most people who may not ask still have the question in their heart but do not know how to communicate it. 

That is also why many believers run here and there looking for prophets that will tell them what God has for them. Unfortunately, some church denominations do not see the need to give attention to this subject. Instead they focus on empty theology and arguments about bible terminologies.

When the believer is not able to connect and relate with God the temptation is to conclude that God does not exist. The truth is that most so-called atheists are only expressing their frustration in their inability to hear from God. They will really be glad to hear from Him and when they eventually do, the results is the many books of testimonies of life encounter with God. In some cases, evil spirits take advantage of some people and they begin to hear from demons.

In this meditation my intention is to guide my reader to recognize and hear God speak.

Welcome on board.

Emma, your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

12 PITFALLS THAT RUIN MIMISTERS OF THE GOSPEL WHO ARE DOING OTHER SECULAR JOBS OR BUSINESSES

I am led to write these down for you, so your ministry assignment will succeed because you have learned to avoid the things that kill the ministry of ministers who are employed in secular jobs or who are engaged in secular businesses.

Most people erroneously believe that working under somebody is more difficult than being self-employed. The truth is that you need more discipline when you are your own boss and greater responsibility is required of you. The problem however is that there

is nobody to demand accounting from you or to compel you to achieve.

If you have somebody over you, the person will put you under pressure and express disappointment if you neglect your duties. On the reverse, when you are your own boss, you can procrastinate for as long as you wish and nobody will place a demand on you. The result is that the ministry will die and such persons will say that their ministry failed because GOD DID NOT CALL THEM.

Most people who are earning peanut from paid jobs would have achieved more if only they disciplined themselves to build their own private enterprises. Absence of this self-discipline is the reason why most pioneer ministry works and private businesses suffer and eventually fail.

I want your rapt attention here!

How do you avoid seeing the work of the Lord suffer in your hands?

1. Respect the ministry work in your hand. That means to treat it as important. You cannot treat it as important if you don’t consider it so. Many people see ministry assignment as part time and at the end of the day, they don’t allocate a particular amount of time to it

2. Understand your assignment. Soul winning and building the Body of Christ is very important to God. Ministry is not one of the activities of your day or one of the businesses one can spend time on. Ministry is God’s mandate for your life to reach mankind. There is no amount of money you can give to God that He will take in the place of one soul. Ministry means to co-labor with God for soul winning

3. Allocate specific time to the work of the ministry. Just as we said earlier, if you treat ministry with respect you will have the time set aside for it. When that time comes, you must show that you respect your ministry work by turning down every other distraction to turn over to the ministry assignment

4. Set up your office structure for the ministry. This does not only mean in the sense of a building or rented office. If you meet with a team of even one person in your house, see it as office. Let there be spelt out goals for this team when you meet and remember to discuss those goals

5. Have material proof that you have a ministry such as, NAME, NESWLETTERS, TRACTS, BOOKS, FELLOWSHIP DAYS and MEETING TIME AND PLACE

6. Don’t neglect fiscal budget for the ministry. You have to decide the amount of money you are setting aside for your ministry work and the sources of such monies. It does not matter whether you have it now or not. Most ministries die because the minister only commit an amount of money to it from what is left over from other expenses. So if there is no left overs, then ministry has to wait. This will kill your ministry.

7. Create periodic report of how far you are reaching at the goals of your ministry. It does not matter how small, let there be the reports.

8. Submit your reports to the one you are accountable to. Whether you are doing independent work or you are heading a chapter or branch of a bigger organization, discipline yourself to submit your report. There is one challenge here if you are independent; nobody has the right to demand you give an account if you don’t decide to submit it yourself

9. Don’t build team with people who are too preoccupied with their own vision or those who see you as their meal ticket but not willing to grow. In fact, if you can afford it, employ one or two staff you can command. They are better than volunteers you cannot hold to account

10. Appreciate your team when they do well. Ask questions about their welfare and pray and counsel them. There is nothing wrong with assisting financially if you have but don’t waste resources on people who are not eager to grow. That is also why you have to organize periodic training and teaching for them. Once you observe a sign of deliberate insubordination, relieve that person. Rather work alone than work with a rebel. No amount of service he can give that will make up for the damage he will cost you the day he leaves.

11. Let the senior minister you are submitting to know by your attitude that you are listening to him. You do this by repeating the instructions he gave to you in your last meeting and explaining how you were able to go with it. You can also do this by sending him questions about issues you are facing in the ministry. You can also send your tithe and seed faith either monthly or as the Lord blesses you. If you don’t, he may loss you in the midst of other activities

12. Keep going for training; keeping studying and attend conferences from different areas. These will keep you fresh and update. But remember to let your mentor know of new teachings you get from other sources. Upcoming ministers have suffered spiritual derail because of some poison gotten from wrong sources.

I hope you find this helpful.

I love to get your reactions on this

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com 

AGAINST THE TRUTH

03 THEY ALL MET HIM AT THE CROSS 

Against the truth

The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." Luke 23:47NIV

And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!" Mark 15:39 NIV

This centurion also met Jesus Christ at the cross. A centurion is a senior army officer who has a hundred other officers directly under his command. He is the equivalent of a Captain in the Nigeria army. Take note of the clause Matthew applied in his own account, “who stood there in front of Jesus…” That is a professional term. He was standing there as a call to duty. If he was such a high-ranking military officer, then it was his underlines who molested the Lord Jesus Christ; it was his boys who beat Jesus; it was his boys who tore His cloths; it was his boys who put the crown of thorns on His head; it was his boys who blindfolded Him, struck Him and asked Him. “Prophet, tell me who struck you?”

Finally, it was soldiers under him who nailed the Lord to the cross and pushed the cross to a standing position. He stood there that day as a seal of the government’s approval for the gruesome murder of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the senior army officer who was in charge of the killing of a righteous man from whose blood, even the governor, Pilate, had washed his hands. (Matt. 27:19). It is even safe to say he watched the governor wash his hands and the righteous man was handed directly to him as the head of that squad.

We can go further to say that he was the one who pointed at Simon of Cyrene and shouted, “Hey, you bloody civilian, “Come and carry this cross with Him!” (Mark. 15:21)

If you do not know, let me tell you, when one of the condemned criminals rebuked his colleague in crime, “Don’t you fear God?”, he heard it. It is even safe to say that it was at that point that his conscience began to prick him and it was his search for the answer to that general question that forced him to acknowledge that Jesus Christ was the son of God. Even though Luke said, a righteous man. Whichever one he used, it is not a light thing for corrupt men to recognize godly virtues in others and to publicly attest to it.

His conviction did not come because the Lord Jesus jumped down from the cross but because of the manner in which He died. It is not true that the people of the world will quickly repent when they see plenty of money around the believers. It is what we do in the times of difficulty that will tell them the quality of goodness in us. This is a talk for another day but don’t forget that it was the manner Jesus Christ died that convinced him.

Let us go further to the resurrection morning; we cannot say for sure whether he was there but they were soldiers who were under his command who witnessed when a mighty angel from heaven came down and rolled away the rock that covered the tomb of Jesus Christ. we are told that in fear they fell like dead men. (Matt. 28:1-8). It is most likely that he was the one they called first to report this strange but holy occurrence, and he in turn reported to the religious leaders.

When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. Matt 28:12-15NIV

If they gave the soldiers under him a large sum of money, it is safe to say that the money was handed to him in a bulk and the instruction on what they should tell the public was passed directly to him. He was the one who received the bribe in bulk and distributed to every soldier their portion.

When he got home that day, his wife obviously asked him how it went at his duty post, he lied to his family; he lied to his sons and daughters, he lied to his neighbors and to everyone he met. He knew the truth but he chose to spread a lie. He spread the lie because he was bribed.

Times have come and passed; we have it on record that he knew the truth but chose to spread the lie. He did not believe the lie but he spread the lie.

Here again we witness how two principal groups of people who the society look up to as the custodians of the truth, gang up to keep the people in darkness. It is not because they did not know the truth but the lie protected their interest. Some church leaders still do this today; they speak against some other churches and preachers because they fear that if their congregation hear the truth, they would lose the money they get from them. So, they continue to enforce lies.

Hmmm!

There are people who join to spread lies on the social media against some Christian leaders, not because they do bot know the truth but they wanted to sustain the narrative that suits their ego. They do not pay tithe and have never paid but they keep spreading the lie that all pastors do is to collect other people’s money. Once they hear something negative about someone they dislike, they spread it, not because they believe it but because the information feeds their wish for that person.

Till date, there are men and women in authority who receive money or any other kind of compensation to spread lies. Medical workers give those who come to seek medical attention wrong medical testimony because that is how they make their money. some ignorant patient is still receiving injection for days for a sickness he does not have because the Christian doctor have told lies. Someone is still in detention because a Christian police officer will not testify to his innocence. In our offices and homes, we speak lies in words and the character we exhibit and the onlookers believe that our character is the way the followers of Jesus Christ behave.

Knowledge is not Power; It is what you do with the knowledge that brings the power. No amount of education can transform the life of a person who has refused to apply what he has learned. Our society is not in lack of men and women of character because of the lack of information. The moral decline in our society is not because the pastors are not teaching the truth. Every other Sunday service, people gather in churches to hear the word of God but when they walk away, they still act against the truth they know.

We do not see the bribe they received, but we are left with the pack of lies they leave behind years after they have died. Like the centurion in our bible account, we have moved from the days we acted in ignorance and by continuing to stay around the Church and other believers, we have come to know the truth about the Church and the gospel she preaches. Unfortunately, we continue to spread the lies.

Jesus Christ is risen and you know the truth.

Will you now open your mouth and declare the truth to your circle of influence?

Let it be said about you, “He too met Jesus Christ at the cross in 2026 and all things changed”.

To be continued.

SIMON: FOUND BY GRACE

N8

 Simon: Found by grace

A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. Mark 15:21NIV

Just one verse and one mention but it changed the course of the entire story. A great number of has people has claimed they found their purpose in life and peace with God when they went before the Cross. But here is a man to whom the Cross went. Some went in search of Calvary because they have lost everything but here is a man who was not even interested in the Cross but the grace found him.

I want to let you know that this story was documented some years after the actual event. Simon of Cyrene was not a believer before this time. It is even possible that his entire family had no interest in all this talk about a Jew who claimed to have been sent by God for the salvation of the whole world.

It is possible that he heard rumors of the birth of the messiah but he was not interested. He probably heard about the killing of some children by Herod but he was too occupied with his private life.

Then, all the stories about many miracles of healing, casting out of demons, multiplication of bread and walking on the water all performed by the one they called the messiah but Simon was not interested.

A time came when the discussions in his city revolved around the man called Jesus of Nazareth, some spoke for him while others spoke against him, but Simon did not want to be distracted..

It is possible someone came to tell his family that the man Jesus of Nazareth has been arrested and they were about to crucify him but Simon picked up his back sack and went to work.

While Pilate battled to make the crowd to change their minds but failed; then they took Jesus Christ to be tortured, His cloths ripped off and beaten like a criminal, Simon was not interested. They placed a crown of thorns on His head and struck his head with mock royal staff, Simon was busy with his life.

Then they dragged Him out and placed a heavy cross on His shoulder and instructed Him to carry it to the place He would later be crucified.

Every moment made the sufferings of Jesus heavier; most people were sorry but no one offered to help.

It was in this moment that Simon came by; he did not come to observe; he did not come in scrutiny and he did come to understand why all this suffering by the son of God.

As was his habit, he wanted to walk past and continue with his old life.

That was when divine providence moved the heart of the soldiers; God had to employ the soldiers who will then apply force. Our main text said that they forced him to carry the cross for Jesus. The account indicates that once he took the cross, he never dropped until they got to where Jesus was crucified. That one time he took the cross, he never walked away again. He stood there to observe the crucifixion.

I strongly believe that the impression of that one encounter remained with him. When he later got home and shared the account with his family, the glory he brought home overshadowed them too.

The result was that his entire family surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ and two of his son eventually reputed force in the Church, so that the writer of that story did not need to explain them. Simon was the father of Rufus and Alexander.

How can we be sure of this?

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Rom 16:13NIV

That was Apostle Paul talking about this well known Rufus again. Then, Simon’s wife was like a mother to Paul.

While he lived his selfish life no one knew about him. But when he put his hands to help the Lord with the cross, he found purpose. Years after, his name was enshrined in God’s book. His family found relevance.

Hear me today child of God; if you are like those who think that you can make it without Jesus.

Are you among those who think it boring to talk about Christian service?

Are you like those who will not accept the :Lord’s call to serve in the mission field?

Are you among those who fear suffering and so want to focus on becoming rich in this world’s wealth?

Let me suggest something for you; pick up the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be shocked how your life will begin to make a meaning.

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 1 Cor 1:26-30NIV

Before I let you go for now, let me sound a warning; not everyone was as fortunate as Simon. Some died before they could bow. There are those who come to carry the cross when they have wasted all of their energy chasing vanity.

Now they seem too heavy for them because their body strength has sagged.

If you are still a youth, take up the cross now.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. Lam 3:27NIV

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"— before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain. Eccl 12:1-2 NIV

THE FREEDMAN MINDSET

We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. Ps 124:7 NIV

Living like a free person feels strange if one has been in prison for a long time. One time I took out my wedding ring to clean up my finger but I still had the feeling that I was putting on a ring because I have worn that ring for many years.

That is the challenge some praying Christians have; most of their prayers are focused on gaining deliverance from satan and his agents. So, even after they have completed a deliverance session, they are still praying for deliverance. At times they do that while neglecting the simple things they could do for themselves to effect the material manifestation of their deliverance and prayer answer.

Hanna had a running battle with Penina who was making her life miserable because of her barren status. This problem has been on her for years. We were not told but it could have been over ten years. One day Hanna made out time to make a deal with God and the Man of God, Eli sealed that transaction with a priestly proclamation backing her prayers.

Now read what Hanna did,

Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him." She said, "May your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the Lord for him." 1 Sam 1:17-20 NIV

Immediately Hanna heard from God’s representative that day, she changed her mindset. She agreed with her prayers through faith. She went home with a different spirit. She believed her matter was settled.

Take note that it did not say she got pregnant that very month; it was after some time. It is possible it took another five months but we never read that Hanna was downcast again.

She also opened up to her husband. It is true that God promised to give her a son but it is her husband that will get her pregnant. It is part of God’s way of granting her prayers. If she refused to sleep with her husband because she was angry about the past, she would never have gotten pregnant.

Somewhere God had to remind His people that they were no longer slaves;

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high. Lev 26:13NIV

I need to remind the child of God who participated in the PNUR Breakfast for Breakthrough, “Beloved, you are no longer a slave! Your chains have been broken.”

Our main text here says it all. Whatever that used to bind you has been broken and you have to step out now in the freedman’s mindset. Do not let the feeling of what you went through govern your mind and decisions. Let the past remain behind you, so you can concentrate on your purpose for your future.

Draw up fresh plans.

Start up from where you were obstructed.

Go out again.

The cage could remain open for years but the bird will never feel the freedom until it flies out.

Get up from where you are and fly out.

Embrace new opportunities.

Finally, remember to live a life of Thanksgiving everyday while you press on to reach your new goals.

I wish you the best month of your life.

Happy New Month!

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

HOW TO DEAL WITH BULLY DEMONS

 How to deal with bully-demons

She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her Act16:18 NIV

I grew up in a bully infested area of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. More than half the number of the children in that neighborhood were born out of wedlock. My physique created a problem for me. I was lanky and taller than my actual age. So the bigger boys picked on me and beat me often. I could barely come out to play.

There was this boy called Kofi. Kofi is a Ghanaian name and I guess because someone from Ghana impregnated his mother. He was a bully and very good at it, and he made my life miserable.

One day I advised myself’ it is either I fight Kofi with whatever I had or I will spend the rest of my days under torture because of his relentless bullying. One day I walked out to the playground and as you would expect, Kofi was waiting to bully me. To his surprise I confronted him, “Kofi, we have to fight today and it will be an open one.”

There was an uproar on the playground. Some shouted in disbelief, “Where did Emma get power to fight almighty Kofi today?”

We faced each other and I posed the only kung-fu setting I knew and I saw the rage in Kofi’s eyes. He gave his several settings and was ready for the kill. As I advanced towards him, Kofi flew into the air to hit me with his leg. He was in midair, about my height but I bent down and he flew over me and landed heavily on the ground. When I turned to deal with him, he was in such severe pain with bruises. He was bleeding. His friends came to help him up. That was the last time I had problem with him.

Our text says that the evil spirit in that girl messed around for many days but it was for as long as Apostle Paul did not see it as a major problem. Paul could have reasons or excuses why he tolerated it. I want you to understand that devil and his demons are not nearly as strong as they brag. That is why they employ all manner of fear tactics and misinformation. You are created to be like God. That is what it means, {In God’s image and God’s likeness”. Devil is like the angels and so by his very nature he is a servant. He is a renegade servant trying to assert himself over his master. It is in your place to put him where he belongs. Like Kofi the bully, he is full of rage but by the power and authority in the name of Jesus Christ, he is already defeated.

Again, you are not supposed to meet him power for power in your own strength. You are supposed to surrender to the Holy Spirit and pray those prayers in faith. That is why we ask you,

“Are you born again?

Are dully baptized?

Are you filled with the Holy Spirit?”

If you cannot answer these questions with confident affirmation, then reach out to me and I will assist you. Some erroneously believe that God is sitting down in heaven watching the battle between us and the devil. That is not true. There are things that God has put in place to support you in your everyday life. You need to change the mindset that suggests that God is not involved in your battles. God is involved and ever ready to support you.

Take a look at the Prayer Collections again. Stop believing the devil’s lies that your prayers are not working. If they don’t work, why then does he intensify attacks each time you start praying seriously? Why do the nightmares intensify when you pray passionately? Can’t you see that your total deliverance is nearer than ever? Devil is trying to discourage you.

Intensify prayers.

5 things to consider when it appears that prayers are not working.

Some have reached me to express that they don’t feel that their prayers are working out anything. Others said that instead of the spiritual problems to abate, they become more severe. The latter group often decide to suspend the prayers to let things remain the way they were.

If those prayers are not working, why has the demons intensified their attacks? If the prayers are not affecting them in anyway, why do they put you under pressure to stop it? I have learned this in a practical sense in the ministry. Satan don’t bother himself when a preacher who has no message and anointing decides to organize a program. He can even go ahead and support him. The opposite is the case when a servant of God with a purposeful mandate comes to a city. Satan must mobilize all his agents and try everything to frustrate him. So I want you to see the intensified attacks as a sign that you are now taking steps towards your exit from his prison. Rather than give up, intensify prayers.

Here are few things to consider

1. Your spiritual position in Christ. I was once praying with someone and a girl walked in and said, “Amen!” Immediately she received a slap from a spirit-person who questioned why she should join and pray against them. She was not born again but joined in doing the business of born again people. We got to know as she screamed out in pain. Make sure you are born again.

2. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? For this reason we have a Prayer Collection to help those who need infilling of the Holy Spirit. It is not in the will of God that you confront the devil and his agents in your intellectual strength. The Holy Spirit gives power and current to your prayers. Unfortunately, some people don’t know this. You can ask for the Prayer Collection, A-Z of the Holy Spirit.

3. Look out for covenant points with the spirits. If you have covenant with the spirit, it will obviously insist on its right to remain in charge. Once the covenants are exposed and broken, the demons leave on their own. You can ask for my book, “Covenants: How They Affect People” for more on this. You can also ask for the Deliverance Questionaire which can assist you to find out those covenant points.

4. Wrong prayer focus. In some circles, the prayer topics are unbiblical. When you go into warfare with weapons that God has not approved, you are on your own. You will do well to read these books of mine, “Prayer That God Must Answer”, “Prayers that Bring Results” and “Quest for Supernatural Power”

5. The enemy is trying to discourage you because you just began to put him under pressure. That is the point I made earlier. If your prayers are not achieving anything, he won’t try to stop your prayers.

This is not only for those in search of deliverance from demons but should be applied in every sense as we serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

I will love to get your reactions to this.

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

MARCH FORWARD AND TAKE POSSESSION

 MATCH FORWARD AND TA

KE POSSESSION

Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us, we will possess. Judg. 11:24 NIV

That is a powerful word for the month of March. I have no intention to negotiate on anything that I know that God has given to me. People worship all kinds of things and call them their god. Some of these gods spread curses and diseases. Some of these gods make their worshipers insane and there are gods who are so backward that they abhor technology. Jehovah is not like that. I will gladly invite them to come over to worship my God. 

The good news is that our God gives good things to His worshipers.

At the beginning of this year, we received a powerful prophetic message from the Lord, “Blossom” and by the grace of God we shall live in the daily reality of it. We will blossom because there is power in the words of the King of kings. I am currently enjoying a lot of transformation around me. 

As expected, our enemy the devil hates to even hear that the children of God are drawing close to attain the fullness of God’s intention for us. God’s intention is very plain, 

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer. 29:11 NIV

It was not long after the children of Israel left their place of pain, bondage and suffering in Egypt that their enemies mobilized their forces to bring the people of God back into bondage. It was not many days after Daniel and his team escaped death from the king Nebuchadnezzar that he molded an image of a false god and he would have destroyed them in the furnace if our most powerful God did not step into the fire.

Devil, his demons and the humans who submit to him live according to their titles, they are our enemies and they hate to see us in the good of God’s plan for us. They want our lives to reflect the direct opposite of God’s intention for us. They want to quickly drag us back to the place or thing that God has delivered us from. They want to make it seem like a costly mistake for us to live the life of peace and joy that God has purposed for us.

Our main text tells us the reply Jephthah gave to the enemy. The enemy and his forces wanted the children of God to return the blessings that God had given to them.

The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah's messengers, "When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably." Judg. 11:13 NIV

Did you read where the enemy referred to forfeiting their inheritance as an art of peace? Believe me when I tell you that this is the kind of peace a lot of professing Christians are living on today. They let the enemy keep his hold on their finances because every time they take any step towards attaining prosperity the enemy will attack them viciously.  Now they are singing on the social media that everyone will not be rich. They even call preachers who talk about prosperity false prophets. In order to have peace from the devil. They have trimmed their life to suit the low life.

For some people it is their marriage; any time they take the step in the direction of getting established in marriage, the enemy will attack viciously and disorganize everything. Now they are singing the song, “marriage is not for everyone!”. 

For some it is their academic pursuit; anytime they want to advance their studies, one sickness will set in to drag them back. Now they are singing the song, “Everyone will not be a graduate”.

For people there will be trouble anytime they make efforts to establish a big business. Now, they are singing, “It does not work for me. Let me just stay the way I am”. 

For some people the only way they can keep the peace is by spending regularly on medications and hospital bills. When Pastor Emma tells them that they can break free from such burdens, they see me as the trouble maker. That is the way they keep the peace.

There are those whose children are under the control of the devil. These children are living wild life that is contrary to God’s will and the godly parents are afraid of lifting their voice. Right under their watch the devil is destroying their children with hard drugs, alcohol, sexual immorality and all manner of destructive lifestyles. Some pastors even tell the parents to just accept those destructive lifestyles as the nature of the children.

As a servant of God I have experienced this kind of vicious attacks when I try to move my ministry into a higher dimension. Things begin to happen like you are doing something wrong. It is the enemy trying to force you back to smallness and bondage.

There are those who are under demonic oppression; they are always abused sexually in their dreams; they are often pressed in their sleep and evil spirits haunt their homes. Anytime they go into intensive warfare prayers, there is a vicious spiritual attack. Now they say, I think things are better when I don’t use those PNUR Prayer Collections, because each time I use them, I experience attacks.

Beloved child of God, this is not a way to live your Christian life and that is not God’s plan for you. We are on Mount Zion and this is what the word of God says,

But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will possess its inheritance. Obad. 17 NIV

There is total deliverance available here and you have an inheritance. Yet, you are the one to take charge of your inheritance.

Amen!

We can learn something very vital from Jephthah’s response.  Our God did not call us to serve Him in vain. (Isa.  45:19). It is in the program of our God to bless us abundantly. When He told us to blossom this year, He meant it.

Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. Isa. 60:21 NIV

 Whatever is in the will of God for you, has left the store houses of heaven. It is your place to step into it and keep your hold on it. You do not need to turn your back and flee because the enemy is attacking. You do not need to tune down your life to allow peace from the enemy. You are supposed to stand and tell him plainly, “I am not shifting grounds, devil! I also do not have any plans to negotiate with you. If God has given it to me, I will keep it!”

That is where the battle really starts. As expected, the enemy will attack, but that is also why you have the Holy Spirit who will help you to move into a high level of spiritual authority. With the Holy Spirit in your life, there is no limit to the power you have over the devil and the hosts of darkness.

If you make the Most High your dwelling — even the Lord, who is my refuge — then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. Ps. 91:9-14 NIV

You can now understand why we want to spend the entire month of March in prayers. In this month, we want to reenforce our God given mandate to BLOSSOM! There is no better way to achieve that other than through prayers.

Here is the schedules;

• 6am-12pm every day, we will be fasting.

• 12 midnight for the entire month of March, Pastor Kassey Emmanuel will be leading us in midnight cry.

• Every 4pm on every Sunday in March, we will hold deliverance session in the Door of Hope Christian Center, Port Harcourt.

• You will be getting regular teachings and Prayer Collection for each day.

Through out the month of March, our ministry team will be ready to support you in prayers and counselling.

Like always, I know that all my wonderful family and partners are ready to launch out.

In the words of Jephthah, we will possess whatever our God has given to us.

You already know that I am praying for you.

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com