CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE THINKING

 *Constructive and Destructive Thinking* 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you Phil 4:6-9NIV

Anxiety and peace of mind are the products of our thinking. Anxiety results when we become concerned about ourselves and those we love beyond what is healthy. Anxiety in simple words means to be worried. Worry comes from our creating images for our minds through our thinking. Someone said, Worry is like a rocking chair; you are moving but actually going nowhere.

I engage in morning walk-outs and I have learned something. We walk around in the Valley View Gardens Estate. It is an estate with more than thirty different streets and more than hundred fenced houses. My walk-out team often chose routs to walk and our team leader told us how many kilometers we cover every morning. I decided to change the pattern by walking on a shorter distance and still cover the same kilometer distance. It soon dawned on me that I can be walking inside the Valley View Gardens Estate and still cover the same distance that would have gotten me from Port Harcourt to Abuja, the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory. In fact, I can spend same time and energy that would have gotten me to USA from Nigeria in Africa walking within Valley View Gardens Estate yet, making no progress. That is what anxiety does to us. The Lord Jesus Christ has this to say about worry or anxiety,

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matt 6:27NIV

Yes, we don’t add but we waste all the hours we spend worrying. Remember we said earlier that worry or anxiety results from our thinking. It is what I call destructive thinking. Thinking that destroy you and steals your peace and diminishes your output in life. Like we have said, the same brain energy and time is spent on thinking. It is the same brain that creates images and ideas that could enhance our lives for good but we divert it to worry.

Our main text recommends a solution to destructive thinking and I will rephrase it in this way, “Instead of getting anxious about your problem, take time and pray about them. And while praying for God to help you, remember to be thankful for the other things He has done for you before. In this way God’s peace will form a wall of protection around your heart and mind against destructive thinking”.

Destructive thinking focuses on the enormity of our problems, in this way our problems seem insurmountable. The result of this kind of thinking is that we are not able to do the little within our power to help ourselves. Our problem maybe large alright, but within us are God-given capabilities that could be employed in whatever little ways to sustain us before the big break comes. But worry or anxiety tells us that it is needless making any efforts because our little energy cannot solve the entire problem. This is one of the causes of suicide and breakup in marriages or other kinds of relationship. It is also the reason some think that they are never-do-wells and have lived a good portion of their lives depressed and looking for who will carry them.

Our main text went further to encourage us to take charge of our thinking. Yes, some of us just let our minds to create images for us to think on. The devil also takes advantage of this to throw in gory images of a bleak future into our minds and we “feed on his poisons”. We relapse into depression and self-pity and in the process distract ourselves from moving forward to achieve. But we are now told that we can change the trend and fill our hearts with better life-lifting thoughts.

It says, “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things”.

We are told that we should be in charge of our thoughts and not the reverse. This is what I call, Constructive Thinking. Constructive Thinking does not deny the presence of a problem but it is focused on what positive steps that could be taken to overcome them. In constructive thinking our hearts are filled with hope and anticipation of good things. We are very sure that there must be some God-given ways to walk out of this problem. This agrees with the bible.

Unlike the destructive thinker, the constructive thinker believes that he is not the first or only person that has been in this problem; he believes that there must be a way other people walked out of it and he will watch-out until he finds that way.

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it 1 Cor 10:13NIV

Your mind and the devil does not stop to harass you when you decide to think constructively. Rather they intensify efforts to get attention and so we are told,

We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ 2 Cor 10:5NIV

Now we have come to see that there is serious spiritual warfare in this thing. Until we are properly schooled in the word of God, your mind yields easier to the devil and the world’s systems. It captures more of what the devil wants you to believe and think about. So, by the power of self-will and the Holy Spirit in your life, you must take charge and determine the things you must think on.

Instead of thinking of the things you have lost, you have now to think of what you can do with what you have.

Instead of thinking of who left you, you must now think on how to make yourself happy with those who are around and available to you.

Instead of thinking of people who have despitefully used and dumped you, you must now think of those are begging you to accept their love.

Instead of believing the news of a bleak future, you must open the word of God and accept the message of hope through the many promises of God in the bible.

Instead of thinking of how hard it is to reach your missing son and the contact for that big business, you must now think and believe that God will do anything for you in answer to your prayers.

Instead of thinking of all the defeat you have suffered, you must now think of all the great victories that are ahead of you.

And if the devil brings any contrary thoughts, you take them captive and declare to him what the word of God says! You bind him and cast him out.

Then quickly return to, “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you”.

I encourage you to adapt your mind to this simple Spirit-filled principles. This is easy to do if you set your mind to read your bible everyday as you face the issues of life. Pray when you should and the Holy Spirit will enable you by his presence to overcome Destructive Thinking.

My prayer is that you will enjoy this weekend and remember to send me a personal message to share your testimony after you have read this.

 Remain under the atmosphere of favour in Jesus name.

Please remember to share this with your contacts.  Someone may need a message of hope too

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

The time we live in - Special message from Pastor Emma N.J Nwosu

 *A message from my heart – Emma N J Nwosu* 

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Ps 73:2-3NIV

I don’t know who will read this, but if you are that person who is facing a strong temptation to go out of your way to seek power or help from satan and his agents, I want to tell you not to do it. I spoke with a young man a while ago who was under such pressure because almost all his friends have gone to carry out satanic rituals so that their businesses will grow. Some of them are even mocking him now because, according to them, they are prospering now. The good news is that instead of joining them, he reached out to me to ask for prayers.

This is a terrible time to live in and it is a prophetic season when the bible said that the love of many people has grown cold.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved Matt 24:11-13NIV

Evil and wickedness have become institutionalized and at the point we are now, people are even ashamed to say that they are living a godly life.  Like never before, false prophets and false teachers are audacious. I was in a gathering of some bishops and one of them said, “Gone are the days when you rely on the gifts of the Spirit to build your church”. Yet, there is a promise in that scripture for those that will dare to hold their ground till the need.

I too have faced the same temptation and some ministers of the gospel have boldly suggested to me that I need to turn to satan for power. Negative attitude and mockery from fellow ministers can be tempting too. Also as a deliverance minister I have had the privilege to meet people who are now living in regret because they ventured to trade their souls for satan’s power. I want to tell you that even within commonsense, we know that satan represents evil and Jesus Christ stands for good. Why should your efforts to make your life good lead you to the satan that is evil? Yet, some people are currently living in that error now. They are even told to avoid genuine servants of God.

A man came to me for prayers concerning his business. He was into real estate business, what we call the Estate Agent and he wanted me to petition God for favor on his account. As I laid hand on him in prayer, demons began to fly out. I expected him to be happy for the deliverance but that was the last time he came to me. I learned latter from his friend that he was not happy that I destroyed the charms he had spent much money to make. What was he doing in the office of a pastor? Yet, there are people who erroneously believe that they can combine God’s power with satan’s power.

I was a guest preacher to a church but at one point my host and his wife were showing all indications that they were offended about something they would not let me know. I was later to learn from someone close to them that I had destroyed something they prepared to help them have plenty members. Unfortunately, there is a movement of some kinds of churches that draw their energy from satanic cults like these. They are warned to avoid people like me. A young man that was on PNUR Family and Partners platform was in this cult. They get their power to see visions from the devil. They cannot give people deliverance but people are always trouping there. What kind of church were they running then? If these people are Christians, how could they deceive themselves to believe that God will permit them to mix His Holy Spirit with satan’s power? These men have sold their souls to the devil.

A pastor in Nigeria who felt that his church was not doing well because of poor attendance went across to another “successful pastor” to learn what he could do to grow his church. They ended up going to India where he was initiated into an occult society. On the day he was to be empowered like the person that brought him, he was put into a special room; they asked him to pick up anything that fell from the ceiling and swallow it as they played the drums. The first time a lizard fell from the ceiling but he could not muster the courage to swallow it. He was beaten and threatened with death. He promised that he would eat anything if they gave him another chance. This time it was a large snake that fell. Out of fear he shouted, “Jesus Christ!” and the entire building caught fire and his hosts fled and left him there. He managed to find his way home by begging money from other Nigerians in India. It dawned on him that he was spiritually more powerful than all these men, even though he did not have all the money they had. What kind of church was his friend running? The truth is that these kinds of churches are all over the place and they are channels for satanic agenda on earth.

As is our practice we went to baptize some people during the deliverance week. We normally go to the river. At Choba River, in Port Harcourt City, we saw young men being attended to by witch doctors and they were naked as they were being bathed with blood besides the river in broad day light. This is a common thing today because many people know no boarders as they go from place to place to seek power for riches, fruit of the womb, growth of their businesses and even churches. They brag about it on Social Media and the government cannot do anything about it because the people in power are complicit to the same practices. Unless we connect to the mind of God through the Holy Spirit, we would find ourselves in the position David found himself. David almost fell but…

When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny Ps 73:16-17NIV

We need to enter into God’s sanctuary through the power of the Holy Spirit as we pray. It is only here we will be able to get the right understanding of life. We cannot be judging things because of the false impression satan projects before us. David said that in the inner place with the Holy Spirit, he received the right understanding

Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin Ps 73:18NIV

Almost all the churches I know in Port Harcourt City that have this kind of foundation are sinking now. I walked across one of them on Sunday and it has been closed down with grasses growing in their place. Many of them don’t have families because satan won’t let them. Many are suffering in terminal diseases. Satan cannot give them peace because he does not have it.

David goes on to declare his eternal security;

 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory Ps 73:23-24NIV

I am not writing this to promise you heaven on earth, but I can boldly tell you that everyone you see on earth will die one day. I can boldly tell you that none of the people you see today will love to live for 200 years on earth. I can also boldly tell you that eternity is forever. If you trade your glorious future with Jesus Christ for a short period of bliss on earth, you will regret it.

I recognize the fact that you may be facing some challenges today but hold your ground with Jesus Christ and your deliverance will surely come. Don’t bow down to satan but continue to trust God in prayers. 

I will love to pray with you if you need it.

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com +2348035724526 WhatsApp

CONTINUED REFLECTION FROM DELIVERANCE WEEK 2023

 Continued reflection from Deliverance Week 2023

*Oh Lord, what is delaying my deliverance?* 

In anger, his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.  "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart. Matt 18:34-35NIV

Almost every deliverance minister I have heard or met thinks of the deliverance ministry as a way to help people gain freedom from evil spirits. This is the reason why some bible scholars insist that a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be possessed by demons. Hence, in their opinion, a believer cannot be in need of deliverance. This is a shallow way to consider this argument because, like you would have heard me say, there are ten factors that stand for the term, Deliverance. (Read my books, How to be Delivered and Remain Delivered. And, You Can’t Ignore Satan and His Demons. Available as soft copy PDF on Amazon Kindle Bookstore. You can also order directly from PNUR Press and Books by sending me a private message)

In Deliverance Week 2023, the Lord began to show us that the greater number of people who are currently in need of deliverance are not directly under the bondage of demons. This short story will cast more light on this.

In 2013, a dear Christian woman took some of my books that amounted to thirty-five thousand Naira (N35000), a big sum then. Despite many efforts to make her give me at least part of the money, she could not. I had bills to pay, and some of those bills were pressing.

One day, I thought this over and decided to preach to myself. So I went to the bible.

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors Matt 6:12NIV

I took that passage literally; I owed some people, and this sister owes me. The Lord promises that if I cancel this sister’s debt, God will move the hearts of other people to cancel my own debts. I prayed along this line,

“Sister T, today in obedience to this word of God, I write off your credit. You are no longer owing me”. 

It was more than six years before Sister T called me. She wanted to plead with me to bear with her because she was not yet ready to pay me. She was shocked when I told her that she was no longer owing me because I had cancelled the debt six years ago. She tried to find out if I took that decision out of anger, and then I explained to her my reasons.

There was a long pause at her end. She cut the call but called back after some time to say that I taught her a hard lesson that day. She said she had been very rough with people who owed her, and she believed that was the reason things were very difficult with her. Imagine that I forgave her the debt she owed me without waiting for her to ask, but she was merciless to those who owed her but have been begging her to exercise more patience with them We have not spoken again since then, but I am sure she will spread the love.

Our main text comes from a similar story. The master forgave his subject a large debt, but the servant was not willing to forgive a fellow servant. So the master commanded that his servant be handed over to the jailers to be tormented until he has suffered enough to cover the amount he owed.

The fearful thing is that the Lord Jesus Christ said that God the Father will hand over any believer who refused to forgive their fellow humans to the tormentors to be tormented continually until they too have suffered to cover the cost of their sins.

Who are the tormentors implied here? Satan, his demons and agents of darkness. It implies that some believers who are seeking deliverance from demons will never be delivered because it is God that handed them over to be so tormented.

Unfortunately, there are many professing Christians presently in this kind of circumstances. It is a worse news that many deliverance ministries are not helping matters. They have a lot of prayer collections full of hate. They teach those seeking deliverance to return evil for evil and anger for anger.

Many unmarried ladies are still bitter with a man who broke her heart years ago, and she is still praying and expecting that something very bad would happen to them. Even pastors find it very difficult to forgive their disciples who tore their church and moved away. They are praying and hoping that something bad will happen to them. Business people are still sinking lower into more debts because of their heart attitude to those who owe them but are not able to pay. The examples are more than we can state all here.

Now, imagine these kinds of people fasting for a whole month for breakthrough; imagine this kind of person doing warfare prayer against the attack of witches and wizards. Imagine this fellow praying for deliverance from complicated diseases.

Who will rescue them when it is God that handed them over? They move from church to church, prophet to prophet and prayer-house to prayer-house. The more they prayed, the more complicated things became. It is not because the servants of God are not anointed or because their problems are too difficult. It is simply because God handed them over.

What should this kind of person do if they want to be delivered from the tormentors? The first thing is to ask God for forgiveness and then extend forgiveness to others. In this way, God and only God will revoke the right of the tormentors, and they will be set free.

Unfortunately, this is not a popular message in the prayer ministry and deliverance circles. Yet, I want my reader to understand that this is the only way.

Our main text added a powerful clause to the words of Jesus Christ. He said that forgiveness must not be a tool to get deliverance or healing, but it must be from your heart. It must be a sincere forgiveness. It must be a forgiveness with the understanding that the other person deserves to be forgiven just like you.

Simon wanted to progress in his walk with the Lord; he had abandoned his sorcery kind of ministry, given his life to Christ, gotten baptized, and became a disciple of Philip. He wanted to go all the way for the Lord. But he was stuck at a point. He decided to sacrifice even his money if that was what it would take for him to progress to the next level of his walk as a disciple.

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."  Peter answered: "May your money perish with you because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin." Acts 8:18-23NIV

Did you read that? Full of bitterness; he was angry and bitter with some people; unknown to him, that was what was blocking his progress. No amount fasting, praying, and giving to God’s work will resolve this matter.

Many people are still held back in the prison of demons, curses, and illnesses because they refused to give to other people the very thing they are asking God to give them. They are in that condition under the express permission of God.

If your deliverance has been delayed for too long, maybe you should look into your heart.

I would like to hear from you.

Emma, your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com

OUR GOD IS NOT A BEGGAR

 *Our God is not a beggar.* 

"Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord Almighty, "and my name is to be feared among the nations. Mal 1:14NIV

This scripture is the response of our God to some people who erroneously believe that God must be poor and hungry, so will happily accept whatever is given to Him in the name of sacrifice. Too bad that God refers to such persons as cheats.

Let me repeat it, the God I serve is not a poor beggar and I don’t allow my personal condition or deficiency mislead me to think otherwise. Some years back, my wife and I visited a very wealthy man for prayers in his house. Before the time of the night prayers I heard him abusing his wife and I thought he also beat her. I walked up to the room to request what the problem was. He told me to return to my guest room. At the time of prayer he called that we should come out for prayers. I came out with my wife and told him that the prayer has been cancelled because he did not show me respect as a man of God, neither did he respect the God I represented. Even though we did not have sufficient money for our transport, we walked away.

In another instance a family wanted to give me, according to them, ten million Naira to help me build a house. I turned down the money because the so-called giver was treating me like I am a poor pastor whose God could not help. More than once I have refused the gift of some people because they acted like they were helping a poor man.

I am sorry if I sound arrogant here but I want whosoever reads this to know that I don’t judge myself based on how much money others have more than me, but on the grounds of my position as a man of God. I insist that giving to PNUR or my person must respect this rule or you don’t send at all.

Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." Matt 10:41-42NIV

We must recognize our ability to give to God as a privilege. Unfortunately, people focus on the human instrument when they want to give to God’s business. Our main text points out how people brought worthless things and sick animals to the sanctuary because they believe it was the priests who would eat them. It is shameful that this is the way some people give to God’s business. They give the rejected, they give the leftover and they give what they will not even give to a human being that they respect.

When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the Lord Almighty.  "Now implore God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?"-says the Lord Almighty. Mal 1:8-9NIV

My God is not a poor and hungry God.

Some argue that they would have given if they had plenty. Unfortunately the bible thinks otherwise. The bible even thinks that the so-called poor people in our midst are more open to giving than the wealthy and I am a living witness to this.

And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.   And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will. 2 Cor 8:1-5NIV

These people were poor, in the words of the Apostle Paul, but that did not keep them from giving. Also, contrary to the giving style of some arrogant people, their giving did not keep them from surrendering their life to Christ and submitting to their spiritual leaders.

It is a common thing that most rich people claim that they give their widow’s mite. Sad to say that it is only when they want to give to the ministers and the ministry that they become widows. They don’t buy phones, cars, houses or clothes of widows. They don’t take vacations like widows, but anytime they want to support the ministry they become widows. 

Let us see what the widow’s mite is in the bible.

As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.  "I tell you the truth," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21:1-4NIV

So the widow’s mite is hundred percent of all she had. But we see someone that gives something that costs him nothing tell us that he gave the widow’s mite.

Let me tell you today, if no one has told you before, all that giving is not honored by God. It will be better that you don’t give at all than to insult God in the name of widow’s mite. God is not a poor and hungry beggar.

We often hear and read people who condemn preachers who live luxurious lives. The same people don’t give to the poor ministers and they condemn rich pastors. It appears to me that they would have all ministers of the gospel as poor beggars.

Let me address my fellow ministers; I have discovered that most ministers find it difficult to give to other ministers’ work. They only shout giving theology when they are the receivers. I want you to know that you will reap what you sow into other people’s ministry.  The sad thing is that you rarely reap in the currency and quantity you sowed. Hence, most people lament when they reap what they have sown in the life of others.

I want to repeat that giving to God’s business is a privilege and it is for your blessing. The bible refers to it as sowing, and God deals with us based on our heart attitude when we give.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor 9:6-7NIV

Deliverance Week is almost here and we need to host people who need deliverance and ministers of the gospel. This is a fertile soil to sow. We have ministers who would want to come but they don’t have the funds for transport. You can sow into the life of these people by sponsoring them. It is a way to connect to your own blessing even if you don’t come.

Concerning those who believe that God should send money from heaven to Pastor Emma and his team, if He truly called them, I want you to read the following;

Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his instructor Gal 6:6NIV

Some have never given anything to support PNUR even though they have been here for more than two years. Please, stop sending us good wishes when God has put some amount of money in your custody that could support our needs. I want you to know that it is the support of a few people here that has been carrying this work thus far. Imagine if all the members of PNUR Family and Partners respond to this call and send us something right away.

It is not about how much you give but your willingness and the provision that God has made available for you. We have been praying and fasting; binding and loosing; declaring and commanding, not read the following.

But just as you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us-see that you also excel in this grace of giving 2 Cor 8:7NIV

We pray for you,

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God 2 Cor 9:10-11NIV

Now, don’t allow the devil to keep you from connecting to the blessing of this great season. Silence every contrary voice and send something as part of identifying with what God is doing in this season and you will share your testimony soon. 

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POWER OF COMMANDING PRAYERS

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PNUR Global Day of Fasting and Prayers 02/11/2023

 " *Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matt18:18* 

Welcome to another special day of appointment with God. Every Thursday God has graciously granted us permission to approach Him with our prayers. Prayer is the opportunity that God has given you to say something about all the arguments going on about your life and destiny.  Failure to pray is indirect suicide and I know you are too wise for that. 

I like to share with you a true life account that happened in Nigeria. Specifically in Port Harcourt where I live. There was this genuine believer in the Lord Jesus Christ who walked in one of the oil servicing firms. One day he walked into the office of his boss and jokingly asked him why he has not received his elevation for years now. His boss sat him down I told him, “I told you to join our secret society and you refused. You said you are following Jesus Christ. Let me tell you, for as long as I remain here, nothing that is your right will get to you until you do what I said”.

This struck the brother like thunderbolt. He got up, went to his office, took sick leave for one week and went home. Within the said period he declared the kind prayer I am talking to you about now. He commanded that if the Lord is God that his boss must make a mistake that will throw him out of work. He finished his prayer and returned to work. In the space of three months, it was discovered that his boss had made a mistake that cost the company millions but because of his connection to the occult coven, he was quickly transferred to Warri, also in Nigeria. They dubiously brought in a born again Christian to take his place. When our brother whose promotion had been delayed narrated what his former boss had said, the new boss quickly approved his promotion. The new boss was also not comfortable with the speed he was transferred to this new station, so he immediately instituted an audit. The damage of the other man was discovered. He was recalled to Port Harcourt to face a panel and dismissed from service and was also demanded to pay a large sum to the company. 

I don’t intend to teach you any magic here but simple faith in the power of the prayer of authority of the believer. On this platform, we will focus on exercising our Christ-given kingdom authority. You would have perhaps heard me say that there are three things the Lord Jesus Christ handed the Church before He returned to Heaven

His name as our banner. That means that we are among those who approach God through His name. There are those who chose other names and it is not our place to know if it is working for them or not

Power. I want to believe that everyone on this platform is Spirit-filled. At least two of you were filled under my ministry. The presence of the Holy Spirit is the guarantee of divine power to enforce the purpose of God on earth by subduing satan under our feet. We may use the weapon of praying in Tongues some times

Authority. This is the right we have to command obedience. By this authority we have through the Lord Jesus Christ, we are supposed to demand that things should turn in a given direction. This maybe new terrain for some of us. This is the point we want to execute in this season of prayers.

On the ground of the above, we will fix our own time to stand up and direct our prayers towards our end. I love to say that we must learn to surrender to God’s original intent as we pray. This is not talisman kind of prayer. 

How do we start this?

Develop a mind picture that you are Daniel and having received the information from my last teaching, you now know that you have responsibility to address the spiritual forces that are holding back the angels bringing down your prayer answer. Then consider yourself as Mordecai or Esther and now you know that the seemingly negative disposition people have towards you was not really their intention. You have just realized that the King of heaven and the people in charge of those offices or government establishments are actually under satanic manipulations. 

Again try to see with your mind’s eyes that your family,  businesses or clinics are under concentrated monitoring and now you just saw those ugly demonic beings sitting on your projects. View it that the fund that has been delayed are actually held back by a satanic power of darkness and it is only at your command that he will release it.

If you are able to do this, what will your reaction be?

In my early days of ministry I was staying with a family and there was no day they never quarreled. The quarrels were often started by the man and then malice will set in for weeks. On one occasion it became obvious that they were going to breakup. The Lord laid in my heart to undertake the kind of prayers I am discussing with you now. I went to the house of my pastor and asked for permission to spend one hour in prayer in one of his rooms.

I just kept addressing whatever evil forces were manipulating the man of the house. It is true that I also prayed for the woman but somehow the Lord impressed in my spirit that the man was the problem. In about forty five minutes of my prayers, the Lord opened my eyes and I saw very heavy chains all over the man of the house. They went across his neck, down his legs; his head was not left out. I just started commanding the chains to break. I prayed until a powerful force struck the chains and they scattered. I knew I have won the battle and so came out of the room. I went back home to see the man sending one of the girls that lived with us to take money to his wife for food items. Until I left that house there was never any such conflicts. 

Would it not be wonderful that as you focus in prayers that your eyes are opened to see perhaps, a bottle in a shrine with your name in it? And as you engage in commanding prayers the bottles suddenly scatters?

Would it not be wonderful that as you pray your eyes are opened to see that an occult altar in the area you are based have been making enchantments against you? Then as you are praying they catch fire.

Would it not be wonderful that in the course of your prayers, you see the angel of our God enter the house of the governor and specifically remind him of his responsibility towards you?

Would it not be wonderful that as you are praying that the Lord releases the spirit of mistake on the “Haman” occupying the door way to the human instrument for your next level and you hear that he has been sacked?

Even though the battle Daniel and Mordecai waged are in a higher level, but I believe that was the kind of prayers that opened the mind of King Ahasuarus. I believe it was the kind of prayers that provoked heaven to release reinforcement for the angel that was bringing the message for Daniel. 

In my case it was just one hour but Daniel carried his for twenty days and Mordecai and the Jewish nation fasted for three days.

This is the kind of praying I will leads us into this week.  Now go into prayers and begin to specifically address every man or woman that's important for your next level to turn in your direction in Jesus name

Remember to invite others to join our prayers today. 

Remember to choose specific time and place for your private prayers. 

When you pray,  believe your prayers. 

We will share the Prayer Collection soon. 

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Remain in the place of prayers in Jesus' name 

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com