DIVINE POWER FOR ALL BELIEVERS

 DIVINE POWER FOR ALL BELIEVERS 

*PNUR Global Day of Fasting and Prayers 05/02/2026*

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires 2 Peter 1:3-4NIV

Praise Master Jesus Christ. It is another PNUR Global Day of Fasting and Prayers, we consider ourselves very fortunate to have a living God who we can always approach. I want to let you know that we are here on appointment, God is expecting us as always. He will be embarrassed if we did not come. Prayer is the opportunity given to us to say something about our lives, failure to do so is suicide, and let me tell you, there are plenty of miracles and prayer answers awaiting every member of this family as we pray today.

The bible started by telling us that there is God; this is something you must not negotiate or argue with anyone. Don’t let anyone tell you that God is a force, Mother Nature or whatever else. You must hold this truth firmly no matter where you are or what you face. Your position with regards to the existence of a true and living God will determine whether you will stand to the end or ruined at the end.

The bible went further to tell us that God did not meet this world in a good state but went on to work on it and subsequently brought beauty out of the mess. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you what the bible did not say. Man was the last thing that was created and we are made to understand that God’s original intention is that Man will be like Him.

So, God had no intention to have men and women who are not able to face circumstances but to have men and women who take responsibility for their world and their life. He wants us to step into every ugly circumstance just as He did and through the divine power He provided, turn them around.

_His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires 2 Peter 1:3-4NIV_

This is something the devil does not want you to hear. It is not a new revelation. That was the original intention at the point of creation but satan lied and keeps lying to us that we do not have it yet.

_Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them Gen 1:26-27 NIV_

So, Man was already like God when satan came around to deceive them. He lied that man and his wife needed to do something outside of what God had finished to become what God had made them.

_"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Gen 3:5 NIV_

That was the devil’s lie and he still deceives people today by telling them to practice occult and witchcraft in order to have the divine power. Some believers buy satanic materials from mystic shops and some visit witchdoctors in thick jungles in order to get power. They fail to see that they are already endowed with this divine power.

That was the mistake Adam and Eve made; when they believed the devil and went ahead to disobey God, instead of becoming like God, they fell from their God given level and fell below the devil. Satan could now push man around, oppress him, harass him and make his life miserable. That is the origin of fear, death, defeat, diseases, poverty and all the issues we struggle with today.

God’s intention was originally that we should have dominion and rule our world, but when we obeyed satan to disobey God, we lost the dominion and hence, the power to rule our world. That is why God had to undertake a rescue mission by sending our Lord Jesus Christ to redeem mankind. The word, Redeem, means to buy back. Through Christ Jesus God bought back what was lost when Man obeyed the devil and lost his God given position.

It is in and through Christ Jesus that we are able to reclaim this divine power. Unfortunately, a lot of people are not interested in giving their life to Christ. They are looking for riches, deliverance, prosperity, healing and peace of mind, but they are not able to see that all these things are available to them if they will surrender their lives to Christ Jesus.

Another sad news is that there are those who are in Christ but still need to be told that His divine power has given to us all things that we need for life and godliness. These are the kind of people that Apostle Peter was addressing and incidentally, that is where we belong today.

Take note also that we need the knowledge of God through the Holy Spirit in order to operate in this divine power. The knowledge of God that generates this divine is available in the revealed word of God in the bible.

_All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work 2 Tim 3:16-17 NIV_

It is important that you observe that it said, “All scripture”; that includes both the New and Old Testament of the bible. Believers will only express their full potentials when they are able to advantage of God’s revealed knowledge.

It went further to tell us that within the scriptures are some very precious promises. Those are God’s promises. They are things that God has promised to do for His children. If there are things that He promised to do for His children, we should also recognize that there are things that are outside of His promises.

That is where prayer comes in and more importantly, praying in the right manner in order to claim those things that God has promised. It is regrettable that some believers are very busy in the prayer business but they are not praying within the lines of God’s promises.

Why do we pray? We pray because it is our way to participate in the divine nature. The Lord Jesus Christ is our role model.

_To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21 NIV_

_I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12 NIV_

He started and ran His ministry by praying; He was praying when He was baptized, He was praying when He was filled with the Holy Spirit, He was praying when He was led into the wilderness, at the tomb of Lazarus He prayed, He prayed over scarce bread for a large crowd and He spent entire night in prayer to choose His Apostles. That was how He prepared and equipped Himself to exercise the divine power.

That was the example He left us and that is what we are supposed to do. When we do any less, we should expect less.

Our main text says that through the divine power we are able to do the things that God does, that is to participate or share in the divine nature. That agrees with the lifestyle of our Lord Jesus Christ.

_Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does John 5:19 NIV_

The next thing mentioned there is that we are able to overcome the power of sin in this corrupt world. You would have heard me say that prayer is a disinfectant to sin. One sure way to live above the power of sin is by giving yourself to more praying. The life of prayer is a sure way to live and overcome the power of the flesh and advance in the realms of the Holy Spirit. No level of morality or self-discipline will give you power over sin, if you are not given to prayer.

_So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Gal 5:16-18 NIV_

The only and sure way to live by the Spirit is through a lifestyle of prayer. It is through the instrumentality of prayer you can connect to the realms of the Holy Spirit, draw power and exercise same in the space of men.

We are told that we should not condescend to employing the weapons that mere men employ in warfare.

_For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Cor. 10:3-5 NIV_

We have come in contact again with the phrase, Divine Power; weapons that have divine power that can demolish and overthrow arguments, ungodly thoughts and every power of the enemy.

There is nowhere else that we can find all these, if not in the place of prayer. Prayer generates power that is why I tell you that prayer is more important than power.

Make sure you join the fast.

Make sure that you set aside time for prayers.

Make sure you encourage other people to join us.

You should know that I am praying for you

Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com