Speak To The Mountain by ndumizuko

SPEAK TO THE MOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL

Ndumi Medupe 2

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About the Author

Ndumi Medupe is a qualified Chartered Accountant and

Ndumi serves on the Boards of City Lodge, Italtile, Pinnacle

the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Indyebo, a

Holdings, Bata, and Foskor.

niche company that provides audit, assurance, advisory and consulting services. The company also has an academy

She has been married to Jacob, the sweetheart of her

that provides training and development programmes that

youth, since 1995. They are blessed with two godly, lovely

focus on finance, governance and compliance.

children Tshepo “Big T” and Puseletso “Coco” and they reside in Atholl, Sandton.

As an entrepreneur, together with her husband, they breed Bonsmara cattle, manufacture household and industrial

Ndumi believes in persistent faith and knows that God

cleaning detergents, and run a start-up poultry farming

answers prayers if we faint not.

business concentrating on free range eggs and chickens. Ndumi continues to pursue business opportunities and she

She always says: “I enjoy serving God and will continue to

mentors young and upcoming entrepreneurs.

pursue His heart.”

Foreword In this book â&#x20AC;&#x153;speak to the mountainâ&#x20AC;? Ndumi Medupe puts the power and greatness of God at the centre of it all. From the very first devotion she encourages us to speak the Word of God to the mountain. The mountain she is talking about is every and I mean every conceivable problem you can think about such as unemployment, poverty, debt, stress, abuse, sickness, and any other form of bondage. She reminds us from the genesis of the book that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1: 37). She reminds us from this opening devotion that the Word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, and that it is able to penetrate even to divide soul and spirit, joints and marrow (Hebrews 4: 12). I wondered why she started the book this way until I realised that because she a child of God, she was simply following the pattern of her father God. Let me explain. When Adam sinned in the garden of Eden, God with all his power and ability could not come and rescue Adam because he had already passed his powerful Word in Genesis 1: 26-28, where God had

given dominion of the earth to man and He therefore

the Word of the Living God in any mountain!!!!

could not suddenly violate his own word. His own word says, he magnifies his Word above his name

Why is Ndumi Medupe opening this book with such

(Psalm 138:2). Therefore just like the opening of the

a powerful devotion? She is reminding you if you are

first devotion, where Ndumi Medupe is telling us to

a child of God that you have supernatural ability to

speak (open your mouth and talk to the situation),

impose your will on this earth because you have been

someone had to speak Jesus into being (even though

given this power in Christ. This should not be to the

he existed before the creation of the world), for him

detriment of others of course. If you are not a child

to come and rescue us from the curse as a result of

of God already, she is saying you are missing out on a

Adam’s disobedience. And so throughout the Old

power that has no limits that can turnaround your life

Testament God waited, for someone to speak his Word

– no matter who you are God is longing to fellowship

so that Jesus could be born. And then in the fullness

with you.

of time, one of the major prophets - Isaiah spoke so clearly that heaven shook – he told that a virgin would

Ndumi Medupe then devotes a lot of time making sure

give birth to a Saviour in Isaiah 7: 14 and Isaiah 9: 1-

that the 100 devotions help us in our everyday lives.

17. The Word was spoken and then the Word started

In case you have not noticed there is a war going on

to transform and change and enacted itself to a virgin

between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of

called Mary and then became flesh and dwelt amongst

Satan. Ndumi sets up for us the arsenal we need to

us (John 1: 1). Reader please get this message,

fight and win this fight for 100 days. As you know

because we are made in the image and likeness of

when your practise something long enough you

God, and God spoke into being the whole world in

become very good at it. So the more time you spend

6 days – you through Christ can do the same to any

on these devotions the more power you will know you

situation! This first devotion ought to make your head

already have in Christ. She chooses careful and daily

spin! This devotion ought to make you call Ndumi

things that confront us daily and she tells us we have

Medupe to your congregation to your school to your

nothing to fear because God is on our side. She says

business because she will explain to you the power of

that even if we have challenges she tells us in Day

32 for example that we should not be anxious God

yourselves unto the throne of grace. Open your heart

has everything under control. She reminds us that

to the Word of each day and watch the Word go and

all power on earth and in heaven has been given to

act and work for your no matter who you are and no

Jesus (Matthew 28: 18). In Day 70 for example she

matter where you have been and not matter where

reminds us that we have a blessed inheritance. My

you go.

favourite Devotion though is Day 83, in this devotion she talks about favour that is not fair! Yes, preferential

You are invited at the end of the book to become a

treatment! How exciting it is that as a child of God in

child of God. Dear Reader, did you know that once you

spite the challenges you are set apart!

are a child of God you have the highest position in the world?

You will notice dear reader that throughout the devotions her focus is not on the size of our problems

I want to say to Ndumi Medupe, my friend, may God

but on the power and greatness of God. In the last

touch you for all the personal sacrifices you have made

two devotions she takes the book to an apex that

to help us to come closer to God. Not only have your

shakes both the born again Christian and someone

sown a seed in our lives as we read these devotions,

who has not met Christ. She displays the power of

but you have helped us as we read the Word of God

our God who is omnipotent (all powerful). She drives

to transform. May God bless and multiply you and

the message home that the greatness of God deserves

your husband and your two beautiful children in the

our gratitude. His loving kindness and mercy endures

name of Jesus Christ my Lord. We are humbled and

forever more telling us that it does not matter where

honoured to have such a great friend like you in the

we have failed, our God waits with unconditional love.

body of Christ.

She makes the point that because of this we have nothing to give, nothing to do except to exalt his name and praise him the holy One. Let me invite you as you read this book to empty

Introduction In Matthew 21:20-22 we read: “Seeing this, the disciples

The book is written in such a way that we can daily know that

were amazed and asked, how did the fig tree wither all at

the just shall live by faith and that we obtain our promises

once? And Jesus answered and said to them, ‘truly I say to

through faith and patient endurance (Hebrews 6:12).

you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this

When Jesus Christ cursed the fig tree with His

mountain, be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen,

mouth

and all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.’” Jesus, teaching about the importance of faith-filled words, advised that not only will trees obey us when we speak to them, but even stubborn, big, heavy and established secure objects like mountains will obey our tongues. The least members of our bodies, the tongue, filled with faith, can move mountains. We are then cautioned in the Bible to understand that words carry life and death (Proverbs 18:21 & James 3:6) and we are to rule or manage our tongues. The theme of this book is about the power of words that can move mountains in faith. I heard a preacher saying that words were originally designed not only for communication, but also for creating, so the ultimate objective of speaking is to see results.

The manifestation of the power of God was evidenced when the cursed tree withered overnight as a result of Jesus speaking faith-filled words to it. The tree could no longer survive, because it obeyed the voice of the Master. We obviously do not see trees and mountains having physical ears, but they can hear (Ezekiel 36:1-5). The same applies to our problems and obstacles in life – they have ears. They can hear faith-filled words and when commanded to leave they will go, as long as we are not full of doubt and unbelief. We were made in the image of God so we need to create what we want to see. Hebrews 11:3 says, “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”

A charge from our Lord Jesus Christ about dealing

Word prevents us from running around in panic, searching for

with “mountains”

help, when under Satanic attacks. Spending quality time with

It’s important that, before we even begin to move mountains, we are fully convinced that God loves us. We should not be ignorant about our covenant with Him. When God breathed

God proves that we have divorced, renounced and forsaken other gods from the kingdom of darkness, those which our Father Jehovah hates.

in man’s nostrils, man became a speaking spirit. We know that Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead, thereby restoring our original DNA and giving us the authority to decree, legislate and create what we want. As believers in Christ, who have been given power and authority, our chief function should be to bear fruit in the Kingdom of Light. We must deal with the causes of lack, debt, curses and sickness, diseases and untimely death, marital problems, and sexual perversion. We need to look deep to find the root or source of the problem. We all know that God in Christ Jesus has given us everything that we need, as stated in 2 Peter 1:3. The key is to know Him, and that knowing can only come by spending time in His presence, praying in the Spirit and studying His Word. To study the Word of God is to divorce ignorance. Hosea 4:6 reads: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Knowing God’s

The writing style of the book This book has some devotionals that are of a militant nature, designed for that believer whose “goods” have been taken and who wants to go on the offensive and “take back” what the enemy has stolen. Some are as bold as we read in Jeremiah 1:10 that God placed His Word in Jeremiah’s mouth to “uproot, tear down, overthrow and destroy, and to plant.” Matthew 13:25 records that we can remove what God has not planted in our lives, which includes Satanic harassment and control. We read that the Kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force, and those who know their God will be strong and do exploits (Matthew 12:11 and Daniel 11:32). The book is well balanced, as we cannot afford to live a life of fighting the devil if we do not fight from a position of victory. I have included some devotions that are of adoration, praise and worship to God, and some that are a reflection of the goodness of God in our lives. Praise and worship are powerful weapons that destroy the devil’s plan (see 2 Chronicles 20:20).

Some tools mentioned to move mountains

to apply His Word correctly. In Psalm 149:6 we read that with praise in our mouths, and with the Word of God in our

I thought it important to make you aware of some

mouths, we can wreck vengeance on our adversary the devil.

ammunition mentioned in this book which you may not have

In Revelation 1:16 John saw our Lord Jesus Christ in a vision

been accustomed to in the past. In case you do not know,

and from His mouth came a double-edged sword.

you can use the sun, the moon, the stars, waters, and fire as weapons. And then there is the Sword of the Spirit (the Word of God), as well as the Name of Jesus Christ, the Blood of

The names of God

Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost. I love all these

I have covered a section of praying by the Names of God,

weapons. The Bible is full of examples of how God delivered

without using this book to define all of them. I have, however,

His children from powerful enemies.

included some that show that no matter how loving God might be, we can expect Him to fight for us. I have invoked

Revelation 12:11b says that we overcome him by the blood

these Names to bring about the redemptive nature of God in

of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony, so I have

our lives. We understand that these Names were used when

included some devotions about the power of the Blood.

people experienced problems and needed God to intervene.

We know that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Leviticus

Even today we can call on God, using His Names, and expect

17:11). We read about Abel’s blood crying out for vengeance

Him to answer us. Christ redeemed us when He died on the

against his brother Cain who killed him. My point is that the

cross, thus paying the ultimate price for us. We are therefore

blood speaks, it has a language, whether human or animal.

not designed to suffer again; we have been freed from the

The Blood of Jesus Christ removes the curse, poverty, sin, the

enemy’s prison. We were held hostage, but our Lord Jesus

plague and the wrath. We trust in the Blood of Jesus Christ

Christ paid our ransom – He is our ransom.

to redeem us, to bring favour, and to set us free from the The name Jehovah or Yahweh appears more than any of the

oppression of the enemy.

other Old Testament names for God. It is found 6,824 times. I am enjoying the power of the Sword of the Lord, which

The name Jehovah means “I AM” and it speaks of God’s self-

is the Word of God. We are going to see the vengeance of

existence, His covenant keeping, His holiness, hatred for sin,

the Lord on His enemies in these last days if we know how

love, and salvation of sinners. The statement I AM means God

is sufficient for anything and everything we need. In addition to Jehovah, we have seen the use of compound names to define God’s character and attributes. The Word “El” was often used. It comes from a root word meaning “might, strength, power, and sovereign.” I have used the Names El Shaddai and Jehovah Tsebaoth, because I love them the most. Join me daily to express your love for Him in worship and praise. El Shaddai, my favourite name, has been derived from the word shad, meaning “breast” in Hebrew, while some scholars say it’s from Šadu, meaning “mountain.” This Name means that God is a nourisher. He satisfies, and He supplies all the needs of His people, just like a mother would care for her child. Combined with “El” it indicates that God freely gives nourishment and blessing; He sustains us. The other name I call with love is Jehovah Tsebaoth, “The God of Hosts” or “God of the Armies” as He showed Himself to Deborah when the angels, together with the stars, fought the enemy.

Faith and authority to move mountains Mountains in a believer’s life represent problems. It is anything that is adverse, a barrier, or whatever is contrary to the Word of God for our lives. Mountains slow down or impede our progress in the Kingdom of God and in life. This book is a charge to stop talking and praying about our mountains, informing God how big they are. The time to cry or moan is over. We are kings and priests (2 Peter 2:9 and Revelation 1:5), thus we must decree the results we want to see. God will not do the talking to mountains for us it is our responsibility to speak to them and see our victories in Jesus’ Name. Great faith in God is demonstrated by understanding the relationship between the spoken word and authority. The Roman centurion demonstrated his understanding of this principle by saying to Jesus, “But say the word, and my servant will be healed” (Luke 7:7-9). We are to declare the Word of God in our lives with authority and in faith. We exhibit authority by speaking to persons or things that we have authority over. We do not ask or plead, we direct. Faith involves us placing confidence in God’s spoken word and responding to it. The God-like faith will demonstrate itself by speaking and trusting God’s Word.

(The above information comes from the Blue Letter Bible)

Day 1 Speak to that mountain So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for

problem. We do not ask or plead, but we direct and require

assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you

whatever the obstacle or mountain might be, to move out of

will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will

the way (Luke 7:7).

move; and nothing will be impossible for you, however this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting” (Matthew

Fasting will not move our mountains. However, this necessary

17:20-21).

discipline deals with our unbelief or lack of confidence in God’s Word. Prayer, a gift from God, is about our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Faith involves us placing

Commentary Mountains represent problems, obstacles, worldly systems or anything that seeks to rule in our lives. They can be anything that is a barrier, competing with God’s will. A mountain is also that which slows us down or impedes our progress in the Kingdom of God.

confidence in God’s spoken word and responding to it. The God-like faith will demonstrate itself by speaking the Word of God and trusting the spoken word of God.

Prayer Lord, I thank You for the privilege and the gift of prayer. I bless

In the above text, Jesus is showing us that a way of life is to

You that You promised to answer prayer that is according

talk to our mountains and not to ask God to remove them

to Your will (Word). On the authority of Your Word, I now

or tell friends about them. God is not even moved by our

command every obstacle (poverty, debt, lack, sickness, disease,

crying and moaning about the hindrances or impossibilities in

failure, etc.) in my way to move and go to the sea. I pray in

our lives.

the Name of Jesus the Christ.

Jesus has given us authority over Satan, his kingdom and his sin (Luke 10:19). Authority is exhibited by speaking to the

Day 2 His Word is like fire and like a hammer

Prayer

“Is not My word like a fire? says the Lord, And like a

Lord, I praise You that Your Word is so powerful that

hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” (Jeremiah

nothing can escape it. I thank You that with Your Word I

23:29).

can create heaven on earth and be a blessing, and I can demolish my enemies.

Commentary God wrote this word when He was angry with the false prophets who prophesied lies about the impeding judgement He would bring upon the Israelites because they chose to serve false gods. Jehovah hated this practice, but the false prophets kept appeasing people with nice prophecies which were contrary to what Jeremiah had told them. This often caused tension and humiliation. God described their prophesies as chaff, compared with Jeremiah’s which were like wheat. God maintains that His Word is like fire; it consumes everything, including sin. Fire also melts objects, thus God is confident that the fire of His Word will melt people’s hearts and turn them away from evil. He assures us that if we continue to believe His Word and speak His Word, adverse situations will soon give in, just like a hammer breaks a rock in pieces. His Word is powerful. We even see that its power can pierce through spirit, soul and body (Hebrews 4:12).

Day 3 Your enemy will always fail “Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us

told him not to worry about the impeding attacks. God

make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over

further foretold Him the coming of Christ as a sign that

them, the son of Tabel – thus says the Lord God, It shall

Judah would be saved from his enemies, but he would not

not stand, Nor shall it come to pass” (Isaiah 7:6-7).

believe the prophet. God saved Judah despite his unbelief.

Commentary

Prayer

This is an account of the events which occurred when

Dear Heavenly Father, as Your chosen generation and a

Judah, during the rulership of King Ahaz, was under threat

royal priesthood, I rejoice that the enemy will not triumph

of being captured by the king of Syria, with the assistance

over me. You shall “burn” up all their threats, and they

of Israel. In the past, Judah had enjoyed rest when Ahaz’s

will amount to nothing because I trust in Your Word. I

grandfather King Uzziah was blessed by God with victories

choose to believe in the Lord, I have faith in God and

in war. King Uzziah was succeeded by Jotham, whom God

I know I shall be established (Isaiah 7:9b). I love You

later struck with leprosy on account of his pride, including

Heavenly Father. I pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

disobeying the laws of God and burning incense, a service reserved only for priests. We see in Isaiah 7 that King Ahaz was being attacked by Syria and Israel and that the prophet Isaiah brought him a word of encouragement that his enemies would not triumph over him. King Ahaz is described in the Chabad magazine as a weak and idolatrous king. When his nation faced an attack, he did not believe the prophets or the Word of the Lord. God

Day 4 His mighty hand will deliver again “For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered

The Bible records that Israel had rest from this enemy for forty years … until they sinned again.

the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor” (Isaiah 9:4).

Prayer Heavenly Father, I bless You that Your ways are higher

Commentary

than my ways and Your thoughts than my thoughts (Isaiah

God assures the Israelites that He will deliver them in the same manner He did when He rescued them from the oppression of the Midianites. God used Gideon, who killed 120,000 men plus their kings and princes and their army comprising 15,000 soldiers. To gain this victory, God reduced Gideon’s army from 22,000 men to only 300 men.

55:10). I am in awe that You can use only a few men with no weapons to destroy more than 135,000 men and get the spoils which included gold and silver. I receive the same victory over my enemies and I declare that You strike them, Oh Lord, like You did in the day of the Midianites. I pray this in Jesus’ Name.

On the day of the battle, God told them to carry a trumpet in their right hand and a torch in the left hand. It is clear that they could not carry swords. When they approached the enemy, they blew the trumpets and shouted, “A sword For the Lord and for Gideon.” The enemy began to kill one another and Gideon and his men defeated them and killed them.

Day 5 The invincible hand of God

Prayer

“My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than

My dear Heavenly Father, I thank You that I can rely on

all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s

Your strong and mighty hand. It is a great relief to serve

hand. I and My Father are one” (John 10:29-30).

a God who cannot be defeated. I take cover under Your mighty hand and I am safe. I love You Lord Jesus.

Commentary This scripture encourages us by ensuring us of God’s invincible hand. In war terminology, the word “invincible” refers to the one who is incapable of being conquered, defeated or subdued. The word “invincible” implies insurmountable; our God cannot be passed over. Will you trust Him to show off His power by His hand? Once He lifts His hand, none can reverse it. We can take solace in the fact that our God is Strong, He is Mighty, as suggested by His Name. It is a blessing to serve an Omnipotent God who cannot be defeated.

Day 6 The assurance of a loving Father “Indeed, before the day was, I am He; and there is no

Himself as “I AM” and He saved them. No one could snatch them out of His hands … only their own sin.

one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?” (Isaiah 43:13).

Prayer Heavenly Father, I thank You that You love me. I forsake

Commentary

all evil ways and I turn to You. I pray for mercy, my great

Our God, the great loving Father, displays His love and forgiveness to the Israelites after judging them for living in sin. We saw His judgement for their sinful ways when they were enslaved in Babylon for some seventy years, yet, in His loving kindness and mercy that endure forever, He promises to deliver them and to punish the same nation that He had used to enslave them. Jesus also told a parable of the “prodigal son” which

God. Forgive me and wash me with the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. I thank You that the Blood of Jesus Christ speaks better things than the blood of Abel. I now receive Your mercy, favour and love. I receive restoration of everything the enemy stole from me as a result of my sinful behaviour. I give You praise, my dear God and Heavenly Father. I receive Your forgiveness by the Blood of Jesus Christ. I worship and adore You, King Jesus Christ, my Highest Priest.

teaches us that God our Father will speedily come to our aid when we cry for forgiveness and repent from our evil ways. We read in the Scriptures how the father welcomed his son back home after he had spent his entire inheritance and lived in poverty, even to the extent of eating with the pigs (Luke 15:11-32). Here God uses the same language He used when He delivered Israel from Pharaoh, the Egyptian who had enslaved them for some 430 years. God introduced

Day 7

Prayer

The God of recompense (restoration)

Heavenly Father, I bless You that You are a great and loving

“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming

God, and that You restore what the enemy has stolen. We

locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust and the chewing locust, my great army which I sent amongst you; You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the Name of the Lord who has dealt wondrously with you, and My people shall never be put to shame”

choose to repent and return to You with our hearts and with fasting. We forsake the ways of the devil and choose You as our God. We love and bless You. We take authority over Satan and sin by the Blood of Jesus Christ and in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

(Joel 2:25-26).

Commentary The opening verse of Joel chapter two deals with the terrible great day of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Later on the prophet encourages the Jews to repent with fasting and wailing and to return to the Lord. He further shows that He is a compassionate God, even though He sent an enemy to strip them of their possessions, humiliating them and leaving them naked and in want. God promises to restore their fortunes, the great life they once enjoyed. We can take solace in the fact that God’s love is everlasting, even if we have gone astray, disobeyed Him and sinned. Through our repentance of the heart, including fasting, He will stop the harassment and the oppression of the devil.

Day 8 There is deliverance in Zion “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there

Obadiah said that God would in judgement wipe out the

shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their

house of Esau forever, and not even a remnant would

possessions. The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the

remain. In verses 15-21 we read about the victory of Israel

house of Joseph a flame; but the house of Esau shall be

in the end: “Esau’s house will be as stubble” and “The

stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no

house of Jacob will be a fire” (verse 18). Edom was utterly

survivor shall remain of the house of Esau, For the Lord has

non-existent by the first century A.D

spoken” (Obadiah 1:17-18).

Prayer Commentary

Lord, I thank You that Your mountain Zion represents a

The overwhelming theme found in Obadiah is the

place when I pray. I know You, my Righteous Judge

destruction of the enemies of God’s people. It is an oracle concerning the divine judgement of Edom and the restoration of Israel. Obadiah describes an encounter with God, who addresses Edom’s arrogance and charges them for their violent actions against their brother nation, the House of Jacob.

place of authority and worship. It is the same spiritual and Ancient of days, dwell there. The Blood of Jesus, King Jesus Christ, dwells there too. At this place I am guaranteed answered prayers. I bless You for provision and for deliverance. Where my enemies have stolen from me and plundered me, I speak restoration. In the same way You rescued the Israelites from strong enemies, I too

In 597 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem, carted away the King of Judea and installed a puppet ruler. The

receive my salvation and deliverance. I choose to live a holy life and to experience eternal dwelling in Mount Zion.

Edomites helped the Babylonians to loot the city. Obadiah, writing this prophecy around 590 B.C., suggests that the Edomites should not have been an accomplice or even assisted the enemies to loot and plunder their brother (Obadiah 1:11,13 NIV).

Day 9 Back off my enemies – my God will wipe you out with His weapons “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a

We read about the victory God gave to Jehoshaphat when

two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on

the enemy invaded his kingdom, threatening to destroy

the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind their

the nation. The command was to praise the Lord, who in

kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to

turn set an ambush against the enemy, because the battle

execute on them the written judgement, this honour have

was His.

all His saints. Praise the Lord!” (Psalm 149:6-9). Paul and Silas experienced a similar victory after they had

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been beaten by the soldiers and locked up in jail during

“Praise” is the word that is often used for the Hebrew

the Lord cut into pieces their chains, as well as the chains

word yadah (Genesis 29:35) which means “to throw,

of those around them (Acts 16:25-26).

the day. At midnight they decided to praise and pray, and

shoot, cast, cast down” or “throw down,” but sometimes the Hebrew word halal (2 Chronicles 7:6) is used which means “to shine, to flash forth light.” So to praise God

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is to throw down oneself, to cast down, and to shine or

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the power of praise and

flash forth light, or to cast or throw words of worthiness

declaring Your Word. I am glad that with Your Word in my

to God.

mouth the devil gets bound and defeated and loses all he had stolen or held back from me. I choose to rely on these

Today we examine the power of praise as a weapon to

powerful weapons to love You and to bind my accuser, the

wage war and defeat our enemies. Praise makes the

devil. Yes Lord, like the psalmist, I ascribe glory and honour

enemy flee; it pushes back the darkness that surrounds us.

due to Your Name. I worship You in the beauty of Your

Praise blocks the attacks of our enemies. Evil will not stick

holiness (Psalm 29:2).

around if we are praising our God, for He will fight our battles for us.

Day 10 The mighty weapons of Jehovah, our great God

Prayer

“But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed

me from strong enemies. Thank You that in Your Word I

like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be

find such vast weaponry, available at my disposal. I shall

driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in

call upon You to destroy my enemies and I know I will

an instant, I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will act for

always see victory because the battle is Yours. I bless

you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with

You and I pray in Jesus’ Name.

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your power to deliver

whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish like a vision in the night” (Isaiah 29:5-8).

Commentary God promises to deal harshly with our enemies. In this case, God promises that the enemies will be wiped out instantly, passing away like a dream. God demonstrates His weaponry by listing thunder, earthquakes and consuming fire, to mention a few. This shows that God has destructive artillery up His sleeve, and our enemies better back off or face the wrath of God.

Day 11 The sword of the Lord can slay our giants “The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other Eastern people had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.

besides the two kings. In Isaiah 9:4 God comforts Judah and says that He will destroy their enemy like He did with the Midianites.

Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore. When the three hundred trumpets

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sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the

Heavenly Father, You are truly a warrior, Jehovah Gibbor.

camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force

I bless You and glorify Your Name. I choose to trust You to fight my battles and to give me sweatless victories by Your anointing because, truly, the battle is Yours. I love and bless You, my dear God.

of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen” (Judges 7:12,22 & Judges 8:10).

Commentary This Scripture gives another account of God killing the enemies of Israel by Himself without assistance from men. Gideon and his 300 men (reduced by God from 22,000) had no swords in their hands, only a trumpet and a torch. However, when they sounded the trumpets and cried “the sword for Gideon and the sword for the Lord,” God caused the enemies to fight themselves and the total onslaught was some 135,000 people killed,

Day 12 The healing power of His Word “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107:20).

as Jehovah Raphe. They would always live in healing, provided they remained faithful to His covenant. Sadly, we know that they disobeyed God along the way. Jesus Christ purchased our healing through His death on

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the cross as we read in 1 Peter 2:24 “Who His own self

The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land, and

bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being

from the other side they saw with their own eyes what

dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose

happened when the Egyptians tried to cross behind them.

stripes ye were healed.”

God instructed Moses to stretch out his hand – then the waters were released and the Egyptians drowned and perished. The Israelites, led by Miriam, broke into the song of the Lord and glorified His Name for such a deliverance from their wicked enemies. It was freedom day in the desert.

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your divine provision of healing so that I do not have to spend on doctors and medication. I bless You that You heal my spirit, soul and body. I cry out in song like the Psalmist, “You sent

After three days they came to springs of bitter water at Marah. The people complained to Moses. Moses cried

Your word and healed me, and delivered me from my destructions.”

out to the Lord and Yahweh showed Moses a tree which, when cast into the springs, made the waters sweet. It was at this time that God said to His people, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26). So God revealed Himself

Day 13 No need to fight

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; For

Thank You Lord that the battle is always Yours. You give

the Lord will go before you and the God of Israel will be

me sweatless victories. I thank You for redeeming and

your rear guardâ&#x20AC;? (Isaiah 52:12).

saving me, for my enemies are too mighty for me. I love You Lord Jesus.

Commentary This chapter refers to the deliverance of the Jews from Babylonian captivity and is also applicable to the great salvation that Jesus Christ wrought for us. It is one of those scriptures that brings tears to my eyes when I think of the love of God. Yes, He does love us and wants to prove to our enemies and oppressors that He is with us. He redeems and comforts us. In earlier verses God was angry that His people had been enslaved in Egypt and oppressed by the Assyrians for no reason, and at the time of this prophecy they had been captured by Babylon. Here God gives the confidence that by going forward they will know His Name again, they shall be saved, and the earth shall see it. This time around God promises that His deliverance will be without haste, as it was in Egypt, but it will be His fight.

Day 14 God brings justice for the poor and needy

Prayer

“According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,

and destroy God’s enemies. I bless You, Heavenly

fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; the

Father, for Your deliverance. Justice is at hand for Your

coastlands He will fully repay. So shall they fear The

people, always.

Thank You Holy Spirit for Your power to sorely punish

name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him” (Isaiah 59:18-19).

Commentary I am always amazed by God’s vengeance on His enemies. This scripture relates to when God promised to avenge His enemies, the Babylonians, who had oppressed His children, the Israelites. His wrath and fury were to be a testimony to other nations never to touch His people, His anointed, and the apple of His eye. The manner He was going to punish the oppressor would bring praise and glory to His Name and His fame would go throughout the whole earth.

Day 15 I will see Pharaoh no more by the Blood of Jesus Christ “And Moses said to the people, ‘do not be afraid, stand

In the New Testament Jesus also advised that when

still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will

demons are cast out, they return with seven stronger

accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you

demons if the area is not cleaned out and occupied by

see today, you shall see again no more forever. The

Holy Spirit. It is important to maintain our deliverance

Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace’”

by pleading or applying the Blood of Jesus Christ and

(Exodus 14:13-14).

living a holy life.

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Prayer

This Word gives an account of how the enemy can

Heavenly Father, I now realise the importance of having

still be stubborn and pursue us post our deliverance.

a godly attitude during the trial times and difficult

Although all the firstborns in Egypt were killed by

seasons, and that it is equally important to live a holy

the angel of the Lord, Pharaoh became stubborn

life and obey Your commandments. I bless You for the

again and pursued the Israelites to the Red Sea. The

Blood of Jesus Christ that purges my conscience and

conquest ended by God drowning Pharaoh and his

maintains my redemption. Thank You Jesus.

army with all their chariots in the Red Sea. When Pharaoh approached, the Israelites panicked, but Moses assured them that the same God who had given them victory at midnight would do so again at the Red Sea crossing. The blood of the lamb was still speaking for the Israelites. God dried up the sea and they crossed on dry ground.

Day 16 The Blood guarantees supernatural restoration

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant,

of Jesus Christ I am delivered from my strong, arrogant,

I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

proud enemy. I now receive double what the enemy

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope.

stole from me. I declare this by the Blood of Jesus Christ

Even today I declare that I will restore double to youâ&#x20AC;?

and in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

Heavenly Father, I declare and decree that by the blood

(Zechariah 9:11-12).

Commentary Our God is a very loving God and will not allow our enemies to strip us of our children, marriages, loved ones, finances and businesses forever, if we repent and turn away from our wicked ways. God cares and is merciful and gracious. We need not be afraid but must trust in His unfailing love and His strong arm to deliver us from the enemy. This Word reminds us again of the power in the Blood of Jesus and that we are delivered and restored to better glory if we trust in the power of the Blood.

Day 17 The Blood of Jesus Christ executes judgement “For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night,

The blood of Jesus fights and will execute the judgement of God on our enemies. Thus we are to trust the power of the Blood of Jesus Christ.

and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will

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execute judgement: I am the Lord” (Exodus 12:2).

Heavenly Father, I thank You for giving us the provision of the Blood of Jesus. I now take authority over the enemy

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and I execute judgement over every “god of Egypt” in my

The killing of the Egyptian firstborns, from man to animal, was the tenth plague as Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and refused to let the people of God go to worship Him. God instructed the Israelites to slaughter

life. I serve notice on the devil: “Take your hands off of my life, children, businesses and ministry!” God perfects all that concerns me by the Blood of Jesus Christ, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, and by His authority.

an unblemished lamb per family and sprinkle the blood on the doorposts. When the angel came at midnight, its mandate was to kill firstborns in the households where there was no blood. Today we do not have to slaughter lambs and apply the blood to doorposts, because Jesus Christ died once and for all on the cross, rose again and took His blood to the mercy seat in the throne room of God. Now we can just plead or apply the blood of Jesus Christ everywhere and anywhere – in our homes, over our children, and over anything that concerns us, including our blood veins.

Day 18 The Blood of Jesus Christ invokes the favour of God, and His favour replaces every misfortune in my life

Prayer

“And the Lord had given the people favour in the sight

Your favour and I am full of Your blessing (Deuteronomy

of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they

33:23).

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the Blood of Jesus Christ. I now walk in Your favour. I am satisfied with

requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians” (Exodus 12:36).

Commentary When God set His people free from Egyptian bondage, He made a point that they were not going to be redeemed only to stay in poverty. I heard one preacher say that there is no redemption without substance (Psalm 105:37). When we come to Christ, we are not to remain poor or cursed. We read in the Bible that by Jesus Christ’s death on the cross, the curse and poverty were removed, we obtained His riches and we received the blessing of Abraham. We need to take authority over Satan who continues to sit on our wealth and riches and command him to flee by the Blood of Jesus. The enemy called debt and poverty must be overcome by the Blood of Jesus Christ (Revelation 12:11) to show off that we have been redeemed by God.

Day 19 The Blood of Jesus Christ has a voice

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the Blood of Jesus

blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that

Christ. I now receive vengeance against my enemies

of Abelâ&#x20AC;? (Hebrews 12:24).

by the Blood of Jesus Christ. I shout breakthrough by the Blood of Jesus Christ, in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

Commentary We understand that when Cain killed his brother Abel, his blood continued to speak, asking for vengeance. That still happens today; the blood of humans and animals speak. Wicked people perform diabolic rituals by using the blood of humans and animals because they understand the power of the blood. Some use the sacrifices for wealth, fame and promotions, and some people who are in Satanic cults use it for witchcraft purposes. As believers with faith in God, we must use the Blood of Jesus Christ to speak on our behalf. His Blood can silence any wicked voice against us. The Blood of Jesus speaks against our enemies. The Blood of Jesus Christ before God speaks mercy on our behalf. The Blood of Jesus Christ is our Passover protection against plagues and bondages, yes even against witchcraft attacks.

Day 20 Mountains obey us

Prayer

“Then he said to me, this is the Word of the Lord to

I command every obstacle/mountain to move out of my

Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by strength nor by power, but

way and be thrown into the sea, by the power of the

by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of All. What are you, O

Holy Spirit and by the authority of Jesus Christ. In the

great mountain? In front of Zerubbabel you will become

Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

a plain. Then he will bring out the top stone and call out, ‘May God give it loving-favour!’”‘ (Zechariah 4:7 NLV).

Commentary I have realised during the past few years, since we moved to our new home some three years ago, that the devil is territorial and hates establishments or buildings occupied by Believers in certain areas. In the above Scripture, the building of the temple was underway and the enemies were unleashed against the builders, frustrating their efforts. The assurance came from God, a loving Father, that by His Holy Spirit He will drive out our mountains and they will become like mole-hills because of His anointing.

Day 21 God’s everlasting love

Prayer

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your everlasting

tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or

love. I am nothing without Your love. Lord Jesus Christ, I

nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: ‘For Your

am eternally grateful for Your love for me. I bless You for

sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep

the Holy Spirit and for always assuring me of Your great

for the slaughter.’

enduring love.

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:35-39).

Commentary God revealed to me that He is not the cause of the Satanic attacks in my life, but some attacks come as a result of His Word in my heart. He told me that He loves me and will fight for me if I hold my peace, trust Him, live a holy life and maintain a godly character that is evidenced by dwelling in His courts, seeking His face and not worrying about the devil.

Day 22 Cast your cares on your loving great God

Prayer

“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of

Heavenly Father, I repent for the prideful and arrogant

God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your

spirit and attitude I have displayed. I renounce this spirit

care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:6-7).

in my life and cast this devilish behaviour out of me in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

Commentary Our God requires us to be humble in order to attain the kingdom benefits. Even our Lord Jesus Christ told us that God will bless the humble and they will inherit the whole earth. A humble spirit draws the favour of God.

Day 23 The power of God’s Word in our mouths “Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my

We are to speak the Word of God to our situations, our

mouth, and the Lord said to me: See, I have this day set

enemies; destroy, pull down and cast out everything

you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root

in our lives that does not represent God; and plant the

out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to

destiny and the purposes of God.

build and to plant” (Jeremiah 1:9-10).

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Heavenly Father, I thank You for the power in Your

By now it should be clear to the reader of this book that

Word. I am glad that everything that you have not

without the knowledge, understanding and application

planted in my life is now removed, in Jesus’ Name

of the Word of God we are going to perish. God is no

(Matthew 15:31).

respecter of persons; His principles are the same for everyone. We all know the power of God’s Word as we read in Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Jesus also confirmed the power of His Word in John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”

Day 24 God’s fire consumes our enemies “So I will set a fire on the wall of Rabbah, and it will

Trust His fire to consume your enemies’ strength,

destroy her strong-places. Then there will be cries of

armour, and devices. Whatever the enemy relies on, the

war on the day of battle, and strong winds on the day

fire of God is powerful to quench all that the enemy

of the storm“ (Amos 1:14 NLV).

has. God is powerful; He is truly a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29).

Commentary God hates sin and injustice. In this verse He was so

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displeased with open cruelty, especially against women,

Dear Heavenly Father, I bless You and worship You. You

that He vowed that those nations would never go

are strong and You, my God, are fighting my enemies.

unpunished. We also have to take solace in the truth

Your fire destroys their fortresses and they are driven

that God loves us and He will not let our enemies,

into exile and into places of turmoil and suffering. I pray

no matter how strong and fortified they look, go

in the Name of Jesus Christ, and I am grateful.

unpunished. We must trust God when we cry out to Him and call upon Him to fight for us.

Day 25 Dominion in Christ Jesus

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily

Heavenly Father, I rejoice that I have the same power,

form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness.

glory and might that raised Jesus from the dead; the

He is the head over every power and authorityâ&#x20AC;?

Holy Spirit, living inside of me. I can now face the

(Colossians 2:9-10).

harassment of the enemy and tell it to cease or stop in the Name of Jesus Christ.

Commentary The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit raised Jesus Christ from the dead and seated Him at the right hand of God; and in an instant those who believe in Jesus Christ and receive the power of the Holy Ghost in their lives have the same power that rose Jesus from the dead. We now have authority over Satan and sin. We are no longer afraid of Satan, his kingdom and his network. We can trample on serpents and scorpions, which represent demons, and nothing shall by any means hurt us. So we now have the fullness of God living in us. We are complete, lacking no power nor might in God. That is the hope of glory living in us; that is Christ Jesus Himself by His Spirit, so we have GOD in us. We are His tabernacle and we walk in power and authority. So we are no longer fearful or weak.

Day 26 I will sing of His greatness forever “God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them” (Psalm 74:10-11).

Prayer Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your saving grace. Thank You that You are strong and that You kill my enemies. Draw Your sword and break them to pieces like you did for Gideon. I love You Lord and I bless You. I pray in Your

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mighty Name Lord Jesus. Amen.

The psalmist starts the song being very sad, narrating to God the damage done by the enemy, mainly the desolations in the temple where He dwells. He entreats the Lord to do something, to strike the enemies that destroyed His tabernacle. The psalmist ends the song by recounting back to God His marvellous works of old. Yes, God did drown the Egyptians in the Red Sea, He pierced the leviathan (sea monster) with His strong swift sword, and He dried up the River Jordan. He believes that if God performed such acts in the past, He will definitely deliver His people again … He is able. In the same vein, God dwells in us and He will destroy anyone and anything that harasses His temple, that’s us. He is no respecter of persons. If we call on Him and trust Him, God will help us and rescue us from the enemies that are too strong for us.

Day 27 Crazy faith

This mother had crazy faith, even in the face of the

“She replied, ‘That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table’” (Matthew 15:27).

apparent insult or ridicule by the Master. She did not mind how the blessing came, she just wanted freedom for her child. That is exactly my attitude – it does not matter how He blesses me; even if it means crawling under the table to grab my blessings, I will do it. Today

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the same question remains: “How badly do you want it?”

This is the story of a non-believer. Jesus had retreated to this region, away from the crowd, after a miracle and healing crusade, when this woman, the mother of a demon-possessed girl, saw Him and fell at His feet and begged for the deliverance of her daughter from the demonic torments and attacks by Satan.

Prayer Lord, I choose to trust and believe Your promises. Even in the face of apparent ridicule and scorn I will still take Your redemption plan. I will patiently pursue You until I see the fulfilment of Your promises for my life.

Jesus refused to heal the girl and told the mother that He would not give “the children’s bread to the dogs.” Jesus likened “healing” of God’s people to bread. Her response caused the Lord to marvel. Jesus exclaimed: “Oh woman, great is thy faith.” This was in response to the woman’s reply to the Lord: ”Yes Lord, even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the Master’s table.”

Day 28 Your God is loaded

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits,

Lord, I am grateful that I serve a Mighty God, a

The God of our salvation! Selah. Our God is the God of

Possessor of heaven and earth. I am not afraid of the

salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from

future, for You have gone before and prepared for

deathâ&#x20AC;? (Psalm 68:19-20).

me all that I will need. I thank You that You planned my inheritance and good welfare even before the foundations of the world. You are truly a great and

Commentary God created us and purposed in His heart to bless and

good Father.

take care of us, thus guaranteeing our great welfare. His Name Jehovah refers to His redeeming acts, which include dealing with whatever will take away our comfort and provision. He even told us not to worry about what we are going to eat or wear (Matthew 6:33). As a loving Father He said that if we, evil as we are, know how to give good gifts to our children, how much more shall He, our Father in heaven, give good things to us when we ask of Him? (Matthew 7:11). Will you decide in your mind to call on Him to daily load you with His benefits? He is loaded anyway; He owns everything.

Day 29 God my light and stronghold

Prayer

“The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?

Lord, I am not afraid. I have victory in You, come what

The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be

may. I choose You to give me sweatless victories by Your

afraid?” (Psalm 27:1 NIV)

power. You are my stronghold in time of trouble and I choose to run to You.

Commentary According to Isaiah 60:1, God is affectionately seen as the light, whilst David sees Jehovah as his guiding light, a counsellor during difficult times and a comforter and deliverer in all his distresses. “Whom shall I fear” can be likened to the confidence we have in our Great Jehovah that if “He be for us, who can be against us?” as per Romans 8:31. A stronghold or a strength refers to Abba Jehovah as our protector, our supporter when we are weak, our bulwark, a shield, and our defender. With God on our side we can cry out like David, and we can fearlessly enter into any battle on the strength of His abilities.

Day 30 The power of God is in our hands

Prayer

“You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I

Heavenly Father, I appreciate You and I am grateful that

might destroy them that hate me” (Psalm 18:40 KJV).

You are mighty and strong in battle. Thanks for fighting for me. You are a great God. I thank You for Your protection.

Comments In 2 Samuel 22 we read an account of David’s praises to God for delivering him from “all” his enemies, including Saul. I like how King David carefully gives us full details of how God came to his rescue. It was not a pretty sight. God was very angry. David says in summary that ”The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because He was angry. Smoke rose from His nostrils; consuming fire came from His mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. He parted the heavens and came down; He mounted the cherubim and flew, The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them. The valleys of the sea were exposed, and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of breath from his nostrils. He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.” See Psalm 18 as well.

Day 31 His blessing makes us rich “The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He

Just as Pastor Bill Winston defines toil as “labouring

adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]”

with fatigue” or “works without God,” so I take the

(Proverbs 10:22 Amp).

challenge to change systems and I am confessing once more that I have changed kingdoms. I have the kingdom

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of God in me, so I reject the Babylonian system of

As the enemy continued his tactics of roaring like a

I choose the blessing of the Lord and I am rich and

lion in my life, I remembered what one of my preachers once said: “If we don’t resist the enemy, we give him permission to exist.” So I continue to resist him, submitted under God, and I know he has to flee. We

toiling, working for a living, and accumulating debt. wealthy.

Prayer

also have to remind ourselves that Jesus Christ has

Lord Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross and

redeemed us from the curse of the law, having been

becoming a curse so that I may enjoy the blessing of

made a curse, that the blessing of Abraham may come

Abraham. Lord, You rose from the dead and are now

to us, the Gentiles.

seated at the right hand of God. I decree that none can curse whom God has blessed.

This season is my blessing season. I refuse to toil and labour. I do not run after the provision, because Jesus has already paid for all of it. I now live by faith as a just king and a priest. I reign in this life. I am reminded that Jesus Christ died and rose again for me to receive power, riches, wisdom, might, honour, majesty and blessing.

Day 32 No anxiety allowed “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Philippians 4:6).

We are to trust in the peace of God, knowing that He who has begun a good work in us will complete it until the coming of Jesus Christ (Philipians 1:6). So, no fear is allowed in God. We must REST in the finished work of our Lord and Saviour King Jesus Christ.

Commentary It is impossible to trust God and be fearful at the same time. Anxiety is from the pit of hell, a cousin of doubt and unbelief, and comes as a result of focusing on circumstances instead of looking unto Christ, our great Intercessor. It is to this end that the Lord admonishes us to depend on His Words as they are life and spirit

Prayer I take authority over the spirit of fear and anxiety. I declare that God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, power and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I pray in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

(John 6:63). Although we have all the promises of God, we still have our enemy, Satan. He does not fold his arms, but he roams around like a lion seeking whom he may devour, using fear, doubt, anxiety and unbelief. Our part in the fight is to stand on the promises of God and to believe that blessings, wisdom, glory and honour, might, power and riches are ours by faith in Christ Jesus (Revelation 5:12).

Day 33 I am a child of the supernatural â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we, brethren, are children [not by physical

3. Blessed and highly favoured by God.

descent, as was Ishmael, but] like Isaac, born in virtue

4. The righteousness of God.

of promise. Yet [just] as at that time the child [of

5. I have authority over any form of bondage, over

ordinary birth] born according to the flesh despised and

Satan and sin.

persecuted him [who was born remarkably] according to [the promise and the working of] the [Holy] Spirit, so it is now also. But what does the Scripture say? Cast

Prayer

out and send away the slave woman and her son, for

Heavenly Father, I bless You for redeeming and

never shall the son of the slave woman be heir and

delivering me from the dominion of Satan and

share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.

translating me into the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ

So, brethren, we [who are born again] are not children

(Colossians 1:13).

of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free [the supernatural]â&#x20AC;? (Galatians 4:28-30 Amp).

Commentary One night I had my audio Bible on repeat on this chapter until I fell asleep. I was so blessed to be reminded that as a born again Child of God I am: 1. The child of the Supernatural. (Born of the Holy Ghost who now lives in me.) 2. The child of the Promise. (God pre-planned my redemption from bondage before I was born.)

Day 34 Jehovah El Shaddai – our shield

Prayer

“After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram

Heavenly Father, I thank You that You have given me

in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your

the measure of faith, strong enough to quench the fiery

shield, your exceedingly great reward” (Genesis 15:1).

darts of the enemy and to move mountains.

Commentary In Ephesians 6, Apostle Paul listed the armoury for warfare that the church needed to wear. One of them was the “shield” of faith, with which to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. The Roman soldiers’ shield was like an oblong door that was wide and long in length and would cover the soldier in battle. God told Abram that He would be his shield and a protector. This “door” prevented the enemy’s access to Abram, and now to us. The shield safeguards our emotions, defends our minds from demonic assaults and shields us from the arrows that the enemy shoots in our direction in order to arouse a spirit of fear inside us. We are to take up the shield and quench the fiery darts of the enemy. We serve a great God, always ready to help us in time of need.

Day 35 Jesus Christ my wisdom

Prayer

“It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus,

Lord, I thank You for all the blessings of redemption

who has become for us wisdom from God, that is

bestowed upon us, as mentioned below:

our righteousness, our holiness and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV).

Wisdom. We obtain favour and life (Proverbs 8:35).

R ighteousness. We have become the righteousness of God and we are established in righteousness

Commentary Since April 1994, South Africans annually celebrate

(1 Corinthians 5:21 & Isaiah 54:14). l

freedom from the dreadful Apartheid Regime, while the Jews celebrate God’s salvation and restoration post the gruesome Holocaust massacre. Through these two events all nations witnessed the fulfilment of the prophecy in Ezekiel 37, namely that the dry bones will live again.

S anctification (holiness). We are made holy, purified in body, spirit and soul (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

R edemption. We are redeemed from the curse of the law, sickness, sin, disease, death and poverty.

Thank You Lord that we may enjoy Your multi-faceted wisdom.

Day 36 No education necessary

Prayer

“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You that Jesus died for

favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52)

us to have wisdom. You also told us to pray for wisdom when we lack such, thus it is our prayer that You will give us wisdom daily. We pray in the Name of Jesus

Commentary As the signs of Jesus Christ’s coming are evident all

Christ.

around us, we should all desire to concentrate on the main thing in the Kingdom of God, i.e. His Word and His Face. This involves continual, intentional communication with Him, practicing His presence by giving thanks, praying in the Holy Spirit and singing hymns to Him, to mention a few. If we continue in some of these godly disciplines, Christ becomes formed in us and we increase in the favour or grace of God. I believe the key to experience the above Word in our lives is to love Him dearly with all our heart, soul, and strength and to love our neighbours as ourselves.

Day 37 The blessing of obedience “This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed

Christ is our example to live a life under the authority

me and have not withheld even your son, your only son,

of God. Christ created the universe, yet, while on earth,

I swear by My own name that I will certainly bless you.

He obeyed His Father. He always said He came to do

I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like

the will of the Father. We are to have the same attitude

the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your

as Christ, whom the Bible describes as being humble

descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.

and obedient, even to death on the cross. Thereby He

And through your descendants all the nations of the

gained a Kingdom and rulership. His Father exalted Him

earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me”

and gave Him a name that is above every other name,

(Genesis 22:16-18).

that at the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, both now and in

Commentary

the ages to come. Obedience will help our generation

Disobedience is defined as failure or refusal to obey

their enemies. We need to do God’s will and spare our

rules or someone in authority. The Bible explains that if we love God, we should obey His commandments, which are not burdensome (1 John 5:3). We see God’s reaction towards disobedience when He rejected

and will give them power to conquer the gates of children His wrath.

Prayer

Saul as king because he did not totally annihilate

Heavenly Father, I pray that by Your Holy Spirit You help

the Amalekites, but spared their king Agag. Saul’s

me to obey Your Word, for my sake and the generations

disobedience cost him his kingdom. God regarded the

to come after me. I love Your ways and I choose to obey

Amalekites as a recurrent enemy of the Israelites.

Your Word by faith in Jesus.

We know that God promises that if we are willing and obedient we shall eat the good of the land (Isaiah 1:19).

Day 38 My Omniscient God “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and

God has done many complex things and brought about

knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements

solutions that have left mankind in awe of Him. We have

and His ways past finding out!

been asked questions as to who can counsel God? For me, I reflect upon the glorious manner in which He created us,

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and

the universe and all that lives. I am in awe of the wisdom

knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements

through which He delivered us from Satan. I stand in awe

and His ways past finding out!

of His plan to live with Him eternally in glorious splendour, full of worship and adoration. Apostle Paul advises that

For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has

the wisdom of God is revealed by the Holy Spirit who

become His counsellor?

knows everything. This wisdom is then revealed to us when we decide to speak or pray in tongues. Some of

Or who has first given to Him, Or who has first given

God’s plans for us are expressed in 1 Corinthians 2:9 “But

to Him, For of Him and through Him and to Him are all

as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have

things, to whom be glory forever. Amen”

entered into the heart of man the things which God has

(Romans 11:33-36).

prepared for those who love Him.”

Commentary

Prayer

The above verses express the worship of God, or rather

I bless You Heavenly Father because You are God, and

Doxology, which are words that express glory to God and

there is none like You, declaring the end from the

are usually in the form of a song or hymn. Often it is sung

beginning and from ancient times things not yet done

at the conclusion of a church service. The Bible is full of

(Isaiah 46:9-11).

expression of the wisdom and knowledge of God, which no one can search or fathom. It is beyond imagination;

Great is our Lord and mighty in power. His understanding

it will take us eternity, or correctly put, we can never

has no limit (Psalm 147:5).

understand His mind or His wisdom.

Day 39 Job descriptions

We also find Job describing the heritage of the wicked

“To the man who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is

as follows: “Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver” (Job 27:16-17).

meaningless, a chasing after the wind”

Prayer

(Ecclesiastes 2:26 NIV).

Holy Spirit, by Your power I choose to please my

Commentary

Heavenly Father, and I know that the abundant benefits

This wise man Solomon, by God’s grace, gives us our job descriptions: saints who please God receive the

include the principal things which are wisdom and enduring wealth so as to be a blessing to the nations.

wealth, whilst sinners gather and store. So sinners do the chasing of wealth and saints do the receiving, provided the latter are pleasing to the Lord. I believe that the saints will gather all this wealth, provided they have God’s agenda foremost in their minds. We need to develop strategies as to what we will do with the wealth transferred from sinners to us. Well, I will build cities, schools, clinics, beautiful homes, and I will feed the poor, as per Isaiah 61:4 “They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.” So we have our job descriptions, namely to please the Lord.

Day 40 Oh! Yes! God’s enemies must perish! “LORD, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may

In the book of Judges, God disciplined the Israelites

those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!

for following other gods, yet, because they were His

Then there was peace in the land for forty years”

people, He listened to their cries for mercy and raised

(Judges 5:31 NLT).

up leaders to deliver them. The gods of the Canaanites could not assist them in this war; God overpowered

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them. This is a wonderful irony because Baal, the main

Deborah was a highly educated, anointed woman and

weather, but Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, was

a prophetess, standing out for wisdom, courage and faith. She was a judge at the time when she encouraged Barak, a commander of the army, to fight the battle, which was eventually finished by a woman called Yael, the Kenite.

god of the Canaanite forces, was god of storms and clearly superior to the god of the Canaanites.

Prayer Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your powerful weapons that You have given me to wage war and win. Thank

We learn from Holy Scriptures that our blessings are

You that You gave the stars, the moon, the sun, the

located in the third heavenly realm. I believe this is

angels and the Blood of Jesus Christ to fight on my

where God’s throne is (Ephesians 1:3 & 2 Corinthians

behalf. I bless You for Your powerful, potent weapons

12:2). Our warfare is also in the second heaven, the

to destroy our enemies. I trust You to deliver us through

space called the universe, where the planets are located,

Your nature as I read that “The LORD is slow to anger

i.e. the stars, sun, moon and other planets. We see in

and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty

Judges 5:20 that the stars also fought Sisera. Even the

unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,

River Kishon (per Judges 5:21) swept away the enemy.

and clouds are the dust of his feet” (Nahum 1:3).

And in verse 23 the angels also cursed the enemy.

Day 41 Redeemed from the curse “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,

The source of the curse was as a result of Adam and

having become a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed

Eve’s rebellion in the garden. With Christ dying and

is everyone who hangs on a tree, that the blessing of

rising again we now have one law or commandment

Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus,

to keep and that is to love the Lord our God with all

that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through

our might, our strength and our soul and to love our

faith” (Galatians 3:13-14 Amp).

neighbour as ourselves (Matthew 22:37-40). The curse, which includes painful toil and hard labour, has been taken away by the Blood of Jesus Christ and we now

Commentary Redemption from the curse of the law is one of the greatest hallmarks of deliverances through the Blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. The Bible records 613

enjoy the blessings of the Lord.

Prayer

commandments that had to be kept. The aim of the law

Heavenly Father, I sincerely appreciate deliverance from

was to set rules of engagement before the possession

the curse of the law. I am free and I bless You for the

of the Promised Land. These were rules for living; and

great redemption work at Calvary. Thank You Lord Jesus

breaking them resulted in the curse.

for shedding Your Blood. The curse is gone forever because of Your Blood.

Day 42 Leaping walls “In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I

We learn from Scripture that God trained his fingers for

can scale any wall” (Psalm 18:29 NLT).

battle and his hands for war. David pursued his enemies, overtook, and destroyed them and they never again rose

Commentary

up against him, all because GOD was with him. We can

King David, blessed by God, overcame many obstacles,

we can run through the enemies and scale their walls

won battles, captured cities and overthrew other

easily because God is with us.

also face our “Jebusites.” Knowing that God is with us,

kingdoms. This Psalm or song, as found in 2 Samuel 22, is a tribute to God for victories He gave him over his enemies. David defeated all of them through the strength and favour of God in his life.

Prayer In the Name of Jesus, under the Blood of Jesus Christ, I take authority over every stubborn enemy and

In 2 Samuel 5 David conquered one of the last enemies,

command it to perish by the Fire of the Holy Ghost.

i.e. the Jebusites. The word “Jebusite” means rejection, trodden down. After conquering this city, it became the City of God, His Joy, Jerusalem. The Jebusites despised David as they never thought he would take over the city, but with GOD he ran through those soldiers, climbed the walls and captured that great city.

Day 43 The blessing of His presence

Prayer

“You will make known to me the path of life; In Your

Dear Heavenly Father, we have seen the benefits of

presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand there are

staying in Your presence as written in Your Word. It is

pleasures forever”

also recorded how You hate anything that takes Your

(Psalm 16:11).

place in our lives. I repent on behalf of the Body of Christ and myself for having “visited” Your presence

Commentary

and treated time with You as secondary, less important,

The blessing of God’s presence cannot be explained

I repent, Heavenly Father. I pray that You cleanse us by

in five minutes or in a few lines. What is important is to pursue Him and His presence; seek His face forever more. This Word is always in my spirit, and the Holy

which resulted in You being fitted in our busy schedule. the Blood of Jesus Christ. May Your blessings and favour be upon us always as we spend quality time with You.

Ghost is still unveiling more of the blessing of His Presence, but for now I want to reveal Jehovah El Shaddai (the many-breasted one, the all-sufficient one, the Lord God Almighty). As we dwell positionally on the right hand side of God, may we habitually stay or abide in His Presence as a lifestyle.

Day 44 Blessed beyond measure “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the

Below is a partial list of some of the blessings that Paul mentioned in the first two chapters of this letter:

heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). l

W e have been adopted as God’s children (Ephesians 1:5).

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W e have redemption through Jesus’ blood and the forgiveness of our sins (Ephesians 1:7).

After a short greeting, Paul got right to the point. He started praising God for the great spiritual blessings that

W e have obtained an inheritance (Ephesians 1:11).

we already have in Christ. This is his theme throughout

W e have been sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13).

Ephesians 3. The phrase “who hath blessed us” is in the past tense. Paul was describing what is already ours. These are not blessings to be sought after, but rather blessings to be discovered and enjoyed. We, who have put our faith in Christ, are not headed to a victory; we are coming from a victory that is already accomplished. “In heavenly places” carries the idea of being in the spiritual realm. “In Christ” we have been blessed with all

Prayer Heavenly Father, I want to say thank You for Your salvation plan. I am glad that You made us alive together with Christ and have raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. To me it is a spiritual blessing that Satan is under my feet and that I am “above him.”

spiritual blessings. As we believe and act in faith, these spiritual blessings become physical realities. These spiritual blessings mean that we have victory over Satan and his works, victory over sin and death, and we have access to the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit. We are sons of God.

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Day 45 My words

Prayer

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and

Thank You Heavenly Father for giving me the power to

those who love it will eat its fruits” (Proverbs 18:21).

use my tongue to create my world. I now bless You with my tongue and I proclaim there is no wise God besides

Commentary

You. You are very awesome, making my life easy,

I heard a man of God say that God’s original intention

they happen because of the power of words.

for words was to create, rather than to communicate,

because as a king I can make decrees or say things and

so below are God’s comments on words: l

“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person” (Matthew 15:18).

“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45).

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples” (John 8:31).

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Day 46 Oh Lord, let me see Your fame again “Lord, I have heard of your fame, I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord, repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy” (Habakkuk 3:2).

and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Saviour” (Habakkuk 3:17-18).

Commentary

The lesson is to wait and live by faith with an attitude of

Habakkuk complains to God, who in turn answers his

thanksgiving and praise.

complaints. One of his complaints was that the Jews did not respond to his preaching by repenting from their sins. God responded that He would cause the Babylonians to oppress them. Habakkuk was shocked and complained to God about His method as the Babylonians were a ruthless, heartless and wicked nation. Then God promised to later punish the same Babylonians He

Prayer Lord, we choose to trust You, even though we may not understand Your ways to “get us out.” We know that if You did it then, You will do it again. We will live by our faith in Your promises. We love and bless You always.

intended using as a tool to get the Jews to repent. Habakkuk trusted in God’s faithfulness and we read his conclusion: “The just shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4). We find him in this chapter singing, hopeful and joyous about the victory and triumph that he expects from God, as he believes that God will still deliver the Jews just like He did when He parted the Red Sea, when they crossed the Jordan River on dry ground, and when Joshua defeated the seven kings. The prophet closed the song with the words: “Though the fig tree does not bud

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Day 47 The power of the Holy Ghost

Prayer

“Now we have not received the spirit of [that belongs

My dear Heavenly Father, I thank You that You sent

to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God,

Holy Spirit to reveal and show me Your plan to favour

[given to us] that we might realize and comprehend

and bless me. Surely He came to teach us. So help us to

and appreciate the gifts [of divine favour and blessing

listen and to be teachable.

so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12 Amp).

Commentary My spirit leaped for joy, my soul jumped, my body cringed with astonishment, my hair rose, my eyes wept, my hands shook, my stomach turned, my heart skipped some bits or pumped faster. I was shocked, blessed, embarrassed. I kicked myself. I could not believe how many times I have read this scripture and overlooked the awesome beautiful ministry of the Holy Spirit, in this case, to reveal the gifts that Jesus Christ died and rose for, so we could have them. Today I reveal His responsibility to SHOW us the gifts, which are His favour and blessing.

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Day 48 There remains a REST “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of

So now our job is to take hold of this REST, by faith.

God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from

We are not to labour for anything, but to possess what

their works, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore,

Jesus died and rose for us to have, which includes

make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one

riches, might, wisdom, power, glory, honour and

will perish by following their example of disobedience”

blessing (Revelation 5:12).

(Hebrews 4:9-11).

Prayer Commentary

My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I thank You for defeating

I have been singing a song and reading about the rest

Satan on the cross and crushing his head, spoiling and

of God. God expects us to labour, to make an effort, to

stripping him of all power, and thus giving me authority

enter into the REST that Jesus purchased for us by dying

over him (Satan) and sin.

on the cross and rising again. When Jesus cried on His cross, “It is finished” (Tetelestai), He meant that He had done all that the Father had sent Him to do, which included fulfilling the law, and paying in full the eternal debt owed for the sin of mankind (Colossians 2:13-15). It is finished! At the cross, God kept His promise to crush Satan’s head through the bruising of His Son. The power of sin and death was vanquished once and for all time. Since then we have been reconciled with God.

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Day 49 Power belongs to God “God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. Also to You, O Lord belong mercy and loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work” (Psalm 62:11-12 Amp).

Commentary

The mere fact that you are reading this book, and you did not die when the enemy wanted to kill you, is a sign that your God is powerful. In Job 40:5 we see that God is not obligated to repeat Himself. We therefore have a responsibility to believe in Him and trust in the power of His Word the first time we hear or read it.

Prayer

David lets us in here to understand that once something is mentioned twice, it gives us assurance that it is true. Whatever God has spoken to us in His Word, it stands; it is irreversible. God cannot lie, nor will He alter what

Dear Heavenly Father, I choose to believe in You and trust Your Word. I am glad you never lie and You never change. You are the true God. I love You Lord.

has gone out of His mouth, therefore His Word is to be trusted. Here are a few things to remind us of God’s power: l

His Word gives us the ability to create things out of

He preserves life; the redemption of our lives, just by

We receive God’s Spirit.

The resurrection of Jesus from the dead and the

nothing (just by speaking). mere confession of Jesus Christ as our Lord.

seating of Jesus on His right hand are truly some of the powerful works of God.

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Day 50 We ought to tell it on

Prayer

“With God we will gain the victory, and He will trample

Heavenly Father, great are the works You have done.

down our enemies” (Psalm 60:12 NLT).

I appreciate You for Your mighty deliverances. I praise Your Name forever. I will tell the generations to come of Your great deliverance in my life. You are indeed holy.

Commentary The title of this psalm is for teaching. David composed most of his songs/psalms as a reflection of God’s deliverance, provision and favour in his life. In this instance he starts by complaining, because the nation was feeling the effects of God’s displeasure under king Saul’s rule. During this time the nation of Israel experienced defeats and plunder by the enemy. David ends the psalm happy, jubilant, enjoying the victory from God. At this conquest he defeated 12,000 men. The point of writing the psalm was to tell the next generation of the mighty acts of God. David knew the authority, power and favour of God in his life, thus by faith he called on God and expected Him to answer. We also need to imitate David and tell it on to the next generation; tell about the mighty deliverances and victories of God in our lives. We are to praise Him always. God has given us the power and authority to tread on our enemies.

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Day 51 Oh no, enemy, don’t rejoice over me

Prayer

“Vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your

My dear Lord Jesus, I am grateful that You live to make

righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me”

intercession for us every hour, seven days a week, and

(Psalm 35:24).

You are able to save us to the uttermost (Hebrews 7:25). Also, thank You Lord that our enemies do not triumph over us because You favour us (Psalm 41:11).

Commentary God loves us so much that He wants to be the only one to discipline us as His sons, hence His fury and anger are against our enemies. There are times when it feels like He does not care, as if He has allowed our enemies to afflict us to no end, but the comfort is that He will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. He promised to give us a way of escape with every temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13). We can rejoice then, knowing that our enemies cannot gloat over our temporary circumstances, which the Bible calls “light temporary afflictions”. In Micah 7:8 we read the same admonition of our enemies not to be happy over our fallen state because the light of God will shine and He himself will plead our cases by His blood and bring us victory.

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Day 52 Jehovah El Shaddai – God of the mountains “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord

seemed to be an authority in Abraham’s life, God came

appeared to him and said, I am El-Shaddai – God

to “move it or undo it” as He introduces Himself as a

Almighty. Serve me faithfully and live a blameless

stronger Ruler, King and Authority. Jesus also told us to

life. I will make a covenant with you, by which I will

use His Name to move “mountains” in our lives.

guarantee to give you countless descendants” (Genesis 17:1-2 NLT).

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You and I am glad that I

Commentary

serve a strong, mighty and powerful God. I thank You

The first time this Name of God is mentioned is when

for giving me authority over sin and Satan. I am so

God introduced Himself to Abram, whose name He later

grateful that I have power or authority (exousia) over

changed to Abraham. At this stage God told Abraham

all power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means

that He was the Almighty God, that Abraham had to

hurt me (Luke 10:19). I love and bless You, my dear God

live a blameless life, a covenant was to be made on

and Redeemer.

that basis, and Abraham was to experience a fruitful, multiplied life. This Name appears 38 times in the Bible; 31 times in the book of Job. Shaddai was one of the many gods in the Canaanite religion, called “god of the mountains.” We understand that EL means “strong or mighty or powerful one.” In this case God introduced Himself as God who was stronger than the Mesopotamian or Canaanite gods. Mountains represent kingdoms, authority or rulership, so whatever ruled or

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Day 53 Jehovah El Shaddai – our shelter

Prayer

“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will

It is a blessing and privilege to have You as my Father. I

rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the

am glad that You are my rock, my shield, and the enemy

Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in

cannot harm me. I am safe in the shadow of Your

whom I trust” (Psalm 91:1-2 NIV).

wings.

Commentary Today we learn of the strength of God. He is a refuge (Psalm 46:1) that we can run to in times of trouble or when the storms of life hit us. God, by His Holy Spirit, guides us when we call on Him. We can rest in His shelter where no enemy can penetrate. We further learn that God is our hiding place, our rock where we can take refuge (Psalm 18:2). Trust the Lord to be your hiding place so that He can surround you with shouts of deliverance (Psalm 30).

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Day 54 The mighty power of His right hand “We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors

The Psalm mentioned above recognizes God’s hand in

have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

the deliverance and redemption of the Israelites from

With your hand you drove out the nations and planted

the oppression of Pharaoh. The reference to Ephesians

our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our

is a reminder that our Lord Jesus Christ gives answers to

ancestors flourish. It was not by their sword that they won

our prayers when we call on His Name because of the

the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your

authority we possess. I am also glad that we are seated

right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you

with Him at the right hand of God, hence we have

loved them” (Psalm 44:1-3).

authority and power and dominion over Satan and his kingdom.

“... which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come” (Ephesians 1:20-21).

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your manifold wisdom by revealing the power and authority of Your right hand. Thank You for giving me joint-seating with my King, Lord and Judge, Jesus Christ, such that I am now above all

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of Satan’s kingdom and he is under my feet; truly the devil

The “hand of God” is used as a figure of speech which

is my foot-stool.

points to God’s sovereign power in creation and in His actions on behalf of His people, especially in redemption. It is also used as a symbol of authority and a place of honour. In addition, a person of high rank who puts someone on his right hand gives him equal honour with himself and recognizes him as possessing equal dignity and authority.

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Day 55 Jehovah Tsebaoth’s power over our enemies “I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy

Be assured today to call on Him to stretch out His hand and destroy your enemies. His anointing is still available to destroy yokes and remove burdens. He is a Man of War, there should be no more oppression if we call on Him.

loads. I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgement upon all the nations. The Lord of Heaven’s

Prayer

Armies has spoken, who can change His plans? When

In the Name of Jesus Christ I beat down every

His hand is raised, who can stop Him?” (Isaiah 14:24-27 NLT).

mountain, obstacle, stubborn situation by the power and authority of Jehovah Tsebaoth.

Commentary This is an account of God’s promise to Israel when He was so fed-up with the Babylonian captivity. The oppression of the enemy was a burden and a yoke on their necks. Jehovah Tsebaoth, the Lord of Hosts, vowed to end the affliction and He declared that when He plans to deliver His people, no one can stop Him or annul the command. When His hand is stretched out against our enemies, no one can prevent Him.

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Day 56 Jehovah Tsebaoth, the Lord of the armies, our Counsellor “This also comes from the Lord of hosts, who has made

Bishop I.V. Hilliard preached on these 5 points when we

His counsel wonderful and His Wisdom great”

are in hard times:

(Isaiah 28:29). l

A sk God for strategies to overcome or deal with the enemy.

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A sk God for wisdom.

God is revealed in His Word as a Counsellor, Wonderful

A sk God for His favour.

and the All-Wise God who is a master-strategist. He is

B elieve in the supernatural power of God as

able to confound and confuse the enemy and stop and destroy him in his tracks.

demonstrated in 2 Kings 19:35. l

In 2 Kings 19:35-37 we see Him helping King Hezekiah and destroying his enemies overnight. The Angel of the Lord killed 185,000 of the army of king Sennacherib, his

A sk God to strengthen you in order to endure the pressures and the afflictions of the enemy.

Prayer

enemy. You must trust God to counsel you and give you

Heavenly Father, I bless You and glorify You for giving me

His wisdom.

counsel and wisdom to destroy my enemies. I bless You that the battle is Yours and You fight for me. All I have to do is to trust You and wait for You to deliver me.

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Day 57 Jehovah Tsebaoth, the Lord of the armies, removes barrenness “This man went up from his city yearly to worship and

This Name appears over 285 times in the Bible, and was

sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons

first used in 1 Samuel 1:3.

of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there. Then she made a vow and said, ‘O Lord of hosts, if

Jehovah is translated as “The Existing One” or “Lord”

You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant

or Havah in Hebrew, meaning “to be” or “to exist,”

and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but

suggesting that Jehovah lives to reveal Himself

will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him

unceasingly.

to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head’” (1 Samuel 1:3,11).

We find in the above text that Hannah, to break the humiliation of barrenness, called upon the Lord of

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Hosts for a child. We can therefore be confident, and

During my devotions the Lord led me to one of His

is our refuge (Psalm 46:10-11). He is able to break any

Names, Jehovah Tsebaoth, and I was shocked to find out how powerful this Name is. I have used it loosely in the past, for when I grew up my mom used it a lot. She

be still, and know that He is God, He is with us, and He barrenness, or whatever is hostile against us.

would always say, “Oh Lord of hosts,” thus the Name

Prayer

became familiar and was one of those words always

I command every barrenness in my life to cease, in the

on my lips. But I have just found out that this Name,

Name of Jesus Christ my Jehovah Sebaoth.

which means “The Lord of Hosts, The Lord of Powers, or The Lord of the Armies,” denotes God’s universal sovereignty over every army, both spiritual and earthly. The Lord of Hosts is the King of all heaven and earth (Psalm 24:9-10; Psalm 84:3; Isaiah 6:5).

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Day 58 God my blessed Rock

Prayer

“My heart and my flesh fails: but God is the strength of my

Lord, I choose You as my rock; unshakeable and

heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26).

immovable. My Saviour, You are strong and mighty, my great fortress and deliverer. I love You and choose You as my defence.

Commentary This Psalm is said to have been penned around the time of the Babylonian captivity of the Israelites as they could not understand how the wicked could flourish. However, they took solace in the fact that God was their strength, their “rock, refuge and defence.” The golden question is: “Who do you run to? Do you have other gods? Who is your hiding place?” We also read how David boasted in Psalm 30:7 that God was his hiding place from trouble and He surrounded him with songs and shouts of deliverance. I also choose God to be my lot, my portion, my inheritance, my only “God” and I forsake all other gods. So this choice prevents me from bowing before any other god.

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Day 59 Christ as the scarlet cord of Rahab “When we come into the land, you must leave this

in capturing the other cities. She appears in the “hall of

scarlet rope hanging from the window through which

faith” in Hebrews 11:31.

you let us down. And all your family members, your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives, must be

Her act of kindness not only saved her and her family, but

here inside the house” (Joshua 2:18).

she became the great-great-grandmother of our King, Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Rahab lived in Israel, gave up her former way of life, and married an Israelite named

Commentary This passage gives an account of a prostitute, Rahab, who was used by God to save the two Israelites who went to spy on Jericho. Looking for a sign that the spies would keep their word, they told her to put a scarlet

Salmon, who became the father of Boaz, the husband of Ruth, who became the father of Jesse and the father of King David and generations later of our Lord Jesus Christ.

cord or thread in her window, and because of its bright

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colour it would be visible from beneath the wall. Both

My dear Holy Spirit, I thank You for revealing to us, the

its appearance and its function were reminiscent of the

Body of Christ, who Jesus is. We see Him in the pages of

crimson sign of the blood sprinkled on the doorposts

both the Old and New Testaments; from the first promise

at the first Passover (Exodus 14). Many commentators

of a coming Messiah in Genesis 3:16 to the Passover

believe the scarlet colour is also a deliberate typological

Lamb. Yes, we see Christ in the Manna from heaven, in

symbol of the blood of the true Passover Lamb, Jesus

the rock smitten to provide water for the people of Israel,

Christ. Perhaps it is. It certainly stands as a fitting symbol

in the bronze serpent on the pole for healing, and in the

of Christ’s blood, which turns away the wrath of God.

sign of Jonah in the depths, for Christ Jesus is the Scarlet Cord that saves those who believe what He says. Thank

Rahab had strong faith in the God of the Israelites,

You Father that we are “in Christ” and therefore safe

having heard how He redeemed them from Egypt

from judgement.

through the Red Sea and gave them victory beyond that

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Day 60 God my light and stronghold “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom

A “stronghold” or “strength” refers to Abba Jehovah as our protector, our supporter when we are weak. He is our bulwark, a shield and our defender.

shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1 NIV).

Prayer Commentary

Heavenly Father, I thank You that You are strong,

David sees Jehovah as his guiding light, a counsellor during difficult times, a comforter and deliverer from all his distresses. He uses the words “whom shall I fear” which

impenetrable, indestructible and invincible. I am glad that we can face life knowing that we shall suffer no defeat because You are always with us, our Immanuel.

suggests his confidence in the salvation of his God. He knows that God is with him, as promised in Isaiah 9 verse 6. With that assurance, he knows that no enemy can stand against him. Romans 8:31 also says, ”If God is for us, who can be against us?” David learned to trust in the salvation from the Great Jehovah. We are further admonished in Isaiah 60:1 to arise from the depression that the multitude of circumstances brings.

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Day 61 The budding of Aaron’s rod “The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that

and temptation. I advise you to go ahead, and to do

Aaron’s staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had

what God called you to do. Forget the murmuring. God

not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and

will let you grow leaves, and flowers, and will let you

produced almonds” (Numbers 17:8).

bear fruit in the midst of criticism and tongue-lashing. Go and fulfil your destiny by the Blood of Jesus in the Name of Jesus.

Commentary The background to this miracle is the envy and jealousy, the complaining and murmuring of the Israelites against

Prayer

Aaron and Moses because they believed they were

Lord, I am glad that You will always prove that You have

responsible for the deaths of Kora and his company.

called me; I do not have to convince anyone. The Holy Spirit power in and upon me is a sign of Your presence

God called upon the elders to bring 12 leaders, each

in my life.

representing their tribe. Aaron, representing the tribe of Levi, also brought his rod, and the following day, as a sign that God had called, pre-destined, chosen, anointed and appointed him, his rod had budded. But more than that, it flowered and produced fruit, the almonds. If God has called us, He will separate, sanctify and set us apart and SHOW OFF to our enemies that He is on our side. He is so good in showing off that while an enemy may be gossiping, snubbing you and arguing about your gift, God prospers you in the midst of that persecution

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Day 62 The sun and the moon stood still at Gibeon

“As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth

ence of God.

Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites. On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to

T he walls of Jericho fell down after a seven-day march, blowing of trumpets, a shout, and the pres-

I n conquering the five kings in Gibeon, God, after a command from Joshua, made the sun and the moon to stand still just for Joshua to finish off the enemies.

the Lord in the presence of Israel: ‘Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.’ So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar ‘The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord

Prayer Heavenly Father, I purpose in my heart to continually pursue Your presence, praise You and obey You. I know without a shadow of doubt that You will part the River Jordan and the Red Sea in my life, in Jesus’ Name.

listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!’” (Joshua 10:11-14).

Commentary In the book of Joshua, from chapters four to ten, we see three very significant miracles: l

The Israelites, led by Joshua, crossed the River Jordan on dry ground (Joshua 4).

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Day 63 The water and food miracle of God “Now when they came to Marah they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, ‘what shall we drink’ so he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.

the waters sweet. Afterwards they were hungry and God provided them with manna for forty years. As they journeyed on, they again lacked water and God faithfully provided through Moses who had to strike the rock at Horeb and water gushed out. God also protected them and they lacked nothing. They were healthy, no sore or swollen feet, and their clothes never wore out.

There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them …” (Exodus 15:23-25).

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I choose to trust You for

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supernatural provision of wisdom and for blessings,

After God had parted the Red Sea, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness on a longer route of forty years as God was preparing them to handle their “Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey.” Since there were 600,000 men who left Egypt (Exodus 12:37), it is estimated that the Israelites, including women and children and the foreigners among them, totalled

favour and health, which are just some of the benefits of being a born again child of God. I thank You Lord Jesus Christ for dying on the cross and rising again for me to have an everlasting inheritance. I trust You today to turn my bitter waters into sweet waters, to provide from unexpected places (like the water from the rock), to keep me safe and to preserve my wealth.

between three to five million, plus their livestock. Before long they came to a place called Marah, where the water was bitter and could not be drunk. God performed the water miracle, a first to take place on the east side of the Red Sea. Moses cried to God and He showed him a tree which he cast into the waters and God made

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Day 64 The first miraculous redemption of God

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“At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in

I know that Bible scholars will argue that the first

Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the

miraculous redemption of mankind occurred when God

throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the

slaughtered an animal to cover the shame of Adam

dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

after he had sinned, following deception from Satan.

Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up

However, this one is a shadow of how God intended to

during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt,

deliver or redeem His people from the “strong, mighty

for there was not a house without someone dead”

and terrible one.” This miracle is then the same one that

(Exodus 12:29-30).

formed an everlasting covenant, everlasting Passover, and everlasting redemption once for all.

“The Lord had made the Egyptians favourably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians” (Exodus 12:36).

Prayer Heavenly Father, I thank You that You used the Blood of Jesus to redeem me from my strong enemy, which caused separation from You. You have saved me by Your favour and by Your grace, not by my works, and You have not redeemed me without provision.

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Day 65 My God, my Redeemer

Prayer

“… who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for bringing me out

wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are

of bondage and Satan’s kingdom of darkness into the

His very own, eager to do what is good” (Titus 2:14).

Kingdom of Light by the blood of Jesus Christ.

“He said, ‘Who are you?’ And she answered, ‘I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer’” (Ruth 3:9).

Commentary The “nearest kinsman” or “kinsman redeemer” is a Goel, that means someone who redeems/rescues a person or property. It is to buy back. In the case of mankind, Jesus Christ bought us or redeemed us, and translated us from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of God. We are free from poverty, sin, sickness, diseases, curses, and ignorance, and we are protected from our enemy. There are many promises of God that give us the assurance that in Jesus Christ the enemy cannot snatch us from His hand.

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Day 66 God has delivered us

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us fit to

Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your sacrificial death. I now

be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

belong to You, seated with You at the right hand of

For He has delivered us from the power of darkness,

Father God, the place of authority and power. Yes, I will

and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Sonâ&#x20AC;?

spend eternity worshipping and loving You. I am glad

(Colossians 1:12-13).

that I am in the light and that I am wiser now. I love You Lord.

Commentary Christ Jesus delivered us from the darkness that blindfolded us, and that includes ignorance, sin and eternal misery in hell. Deliverance means rescued or release or discharged, so when we come to Christ the debt we owed is settled we are free from the penalty or we released from the effects of the obligation, we now belong to the Kingdom of God, He owns us and is our Master.

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Day 67 Frogs in Pharaoh’s bedroom

Prayer

“Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, ‘Entreat

Heavenly Father, I praise You for giving me power and

the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and

authority over my enemy. Yes, I am god to my enemies. I

from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may

bless You and thank You in the Name of Your Son, Jesus

sacrifice to the Lord’” (Exodus 8:8).

Christ.

Commentary This was the second plague to be encountered by the Egyptians as God wanted to free His people from their 430 years of slavery. God used frogs to show the Israelites that the God of their fathers was alive and worthy of their worship and to show the Egyptians that their gods were nothing. Frogs had a special meaning to the Egyptians because they worshipped a frog-headed goddess of birth called Heqet. Frogs were thought to be sacred and were not to be killed. God, in His infinite wisdom, is able to use anything to bring our enemies to their knees. Let us therefore cry to Him to fight our battles while we maintain an attitude of continual praise, worship and study of the Word.

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Day 68 One more night with the enemy?

Prayer

“’Be so kind as to tell me when you want them to go,’

Holy Spirit, help me. Convict me all the time to lay

Moses said, ‘and I will pray that the frogs will die at the

aside that sin which I know leads to a plague or death,

time you specify, everywhere except in the river.’ ‘Do it

yes that sin which so easily entangles me. I refuse to

tomorrow,’ Pharaoh said” (Exodus 8:9-10).

ignore Your chiding. I will not procrastinate and spend one more night with sin. Yes, Holy Spirit, I will forgive

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my enemies, I will stop to gossip, and I will even lay

This scripture reveals one of God’s weapons of mass

weightless, no sin.

destruction – frogs – as He did in this case, invading

down my pride. I choose to run the race set before me

Egypt because Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go to worship Him. Pharaoh did not mind one more night with the plague in his bedroom as he asked Moses to remove the frogs the following day. This speaks of dysfunction and bondage. He could have chosen freedom there and then, but he wanted to toy around with death “one more night.”

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Day 69 Commanding your morning

Prayer declaration

“Have you commanded the morning since your days

began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that

L ord, I receive Your loving kindness every morning (Psalm 143:8).

it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the

wicked be shaken out of it?” (Job 38:12-13).

L ord, You visit me every morning (Job 7:18). I will have dominion over the devil in the morning (Psalm 49:14).

Commentary The morning is said to be the most important part of the day, considering the wickedness that occurs

L et the evening tide trouble the enemies that would attack my life, in the Name of Jesus (Isaiah 17:12-14).

between midnight and five in the morning. I was surprised to hear God asking Job if he had spoken to the day and whether he had shaken out the wickedness that occurs in the early hours. I have also read that most attacks occur during the night while we sleep, hence we need to take time and “command the day” to be what we want it to be.

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Day 70 A blessed inheritance

Prayer

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and

Heavenly Father, I acknowledge the fact that none can

every tongue which rises against you in judgement, you

curse whom You have blessed. I thank You for giving

shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of

me authority over the enemy. I am glad that I have

the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me, says the

authority to condemn every tongue that arises against

LORD” (Isaiah 54:17).

me; that means I cannot be bewitched. I bless You Lord and thank You greatly.

Commentary When Balak hired Balaam to curse the Israelites as they approached Moab, God proved to be their Father and only blessings came from Balaam’s mouth as he tried to spew curses. Even attempts of witchcraft or divination failed; he could not condemn or curse them and Balaam exclaimed that they were special people. Jesus Christ became a curse for us so that the blessing of Abraham might come upon us. Hence we cannot be cursed, nor can we suffer torment through divination or witchcraft, because God is with us and we are His righteousness. The Blood of Jesus Christ destroys every curse or witchcraft spell.

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Day 71 The Abrahamic Covenant

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I will establish my covenant between me and

Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your redemption plan.

thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an

I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for agreeing to die for

everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy

mankind and thus we are now Your people, no longer

seed after theeâ&#x20AC;? (Genesis 17:7).

strangers. We are with God and we have hope in this world. It is a miracle that I am born of God and that I

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belong to You God. You own me and You dwell in me

The Bible talks about the disastrous and sad state of

I bless You and praise You.

being a stranger to the everlasting covenant which

by Your Holy Spirit. That is a blessing. Thank You Father.

Christ died for. It is to this end that I provide some insights into this covenant and its benefits: l

We are blessed to be a blessing.

God is our shield.

God is our great reward / source.

We become exceedingly fruitful.

God multiplies us exceedingly.

There are land provisions.

Battles are fought on our behalf.

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Day 72 Worms devour Herod “On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal

Herod therefore represents an enemy that seeks to

apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began

destroy our destinies, our testimony, and who mocks

delivering an address to them. The people kept crying

God’s redemptive plan and package. Our enemies can

out, ‘The voice of a god and not of a man!’ And

be named as debt, lack, poverty, kids on drugs, bad

immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he

relationships, and many other negative situations. But

did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms

they all must beware, because the captives are being set

and died. But the word of God continued to spread and

free.

flourish” (Acts 12:21-24).

Prayer Commentary

Heavenly Father, I thank You that no weapon fashioned

This scripture refers to Herod Agrippa, not the one

against me shall be able to prosper, nor can any tongue

who reigned when Jesus was born, nor the one who

spoken in judgement against me come to pass, because

succeeded that one. This Herod was befriending the

my righteousness is from You. I bless You Lord Jesus

Jews in many cases to keep them pacified whilst he

Christ that You bought me with Your blood and gave

persecuted the Christians. He had slain James, the

me victory over sin and Satan. I have authority over

brother of John, and since the Jews had commended

Satan; he cannot kill me. I thank You Heavenly Father

him for it, he had caused Peter to be arrested and

and I take my authority in the Name of Jesus the Christ.

was to present him to the people (Jews) the following morning. There is no doubt that Peter would then have been beheaded, as was James. But … Peter, after much prayer, was miraculously rescued from the prison on the night before being presented to the people.

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Day 73 Disgracing Goliath

Prayer

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I thank You and I trust that You

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may

pray for me always. Today I can face the enemy, Goliath,

not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen

whose name means “one who treads down” because

your brothers” (Luke 22:31-32).

You have given me authority to tread him down (Luke 10:19). The weapons You have given, which include

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Your Blood, God’s Word, and the Holy Ghost, are strong

The Lord Jesus prayed this prayer for Peter because

Jesus my Christ.

He knew Peter would be attacked by fear and doubt.

to disgrace and destroy all attacks. I worship You Lord

Then Jesus ascended to heaven where He sits at the right hand of Father and He acts as our High Priest. He understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same tests that we do, yet He did not sin. We know that our Lord Jesus Christ is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through Him because He lives forever to intercede with God on our behalf.

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Day 74 Life and favour in God

Prayer

“Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation

Thank You Heavenly Father for giving me assurance in

hath preserved my spirit” (Job 10:12).

Your Word that You always care for me, that You will never allow my foot to slip and that You always protect

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me from the enemy. Thank You that the enemy cannot

The Bible refers to Job as a righteous and wealthy man

does he have any dominion over me, because I am now

who lived in the East. However, this man, just like all of us who are believers, was not immune against Satanic

destroy me as he does not own me anymore, neither Your child.

attacks. In fact, the Bible gives us an account of how the devil had a conversation with God, requesting permission from God to attack Job’s wealth, and God agreed to remove His covering and protection. In my 20 years of walking with God I have realised that such attacks are part of the Christian walk; Christ even told me to expect them (John 16:33), even though He said that He is my Intercessor, as well as the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 7:25 & Romans 8:26). He further gave me authority over the devil and Satan, and the kingdom of darkness will not harm me (Luke 10:19). Jesus Christ further assured me that I have a blessed inheritance as a result of being seated with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6) and that He has blessed me with ALL spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3).

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Day 75 The rest for the people of God “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to

Canaan was a picture of the rest that would one day be given under the New Covenant which the Messiah would usher in. Therefore the Sabbath rest is NOT a place or a time, but it is a state of being, all day, and all the time.

the same example of disobedience”

Prayer

(Hebrews 4:9-11).

Dear Heavenly Father, I praise You that You have made it

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clear that You want me to trust You and not doubt Your

What does it mean to enter God’s rest? We read of the children of Israel failing to enter into God’s rest because of unbelief. God desired them to enter it and for that reason He rescued them out the land of bondage (Egypt) in order to take them to that rest – Canaan. However, some did not go in because they did not

promises, but possess them by faith and that such an action pleases You Abba Father. I now know that Your rest is not the absence of trials and tribulations, but rest in the midst of them. I therefore choose to heed Your Word. I will labour to rest by faith in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.

believe. The story of Exodus is a type of our salvation in Christ. We too were rescued from bondage to sin and death, and now God tells us, as He told them then, to enter into His rest. Thus we fail to enter into God’s rest if we do not believe what He says in His Word.

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Day 76 The Father’s good pleasure “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good

This scripture reveals to me that God takes pleasure in

pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32).

blessing me, making sure I am always filled with joy and that I lack nothing. He promised to satisfy me with good things so that my youth is renewed like the eagle’s

Commentary My 11-year-old daughter always writes down her wants almost two months in advance of her birthday. This list varies and includes things like “another puppy; PS4; being driven to school in a Porsche 911; my 12th birthday party in Miami.” As a parent I saw “pleasures/ wants” in her list; she does not worry how they will be funded or financed. They are written down, her vision or dream, and she believes her parents must fulfil them.

(Psalm 103:5). The kingdom He promised includes spiritual resources and blessings; material possessions; being rich in faith and spiritual rewards; open doors of opportunities, grace and favour.

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for sending Your

She reminds me of that relentless widow in Luke 18

Son, King Jesus Christ, to die and rise again so that I

who wanted justice against her adversary. I decided to

may become a god, a king and a priest, possessing the

do the same, because I like her attitude. So now I go

kingdom as a joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I am blessed

to my Daddy in Heaven with wants and needs and lay

that I rule and reign in this world, that I have dominion

them all at His feet, trusting Him to fulfil them, provided

over sin and Satan and that I possess the authority of

I pray according to His will (1 John 5:14).

God.

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Day 77 Strong as a mountain “Your favour, O Lord, made me as secure as a

In 2 Timothy 2:1 Apostle Paul told the young Pastor

mountain” (Psalm 30:7a NLT).

Timothy ”My dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus.”

Commentary By reading this psalm of David, the king and prophet,

Prayer

I realise that he depended on God’s favour and His

Dear Heavenly Father, I choose to daily trust in Your

Presence to overcome his enemies. We see the same

favour for deliverance, protection and redemption. I

pattern in our Redeemer, King and Saviour, Lord Jesus

realise that Your favour is a strong weapon, so necessary

Christ. The Bible tells us that He grew in wisdom, in

in these last and terrible evil days. I thank You that, as

stature and in favour with men and God (Luke 2:52).

per Psalm 5:12, You surround me with favour as with a shield. I honour and bless you in Jesus Christ’s Name.

I am convinced that the favour of God is a force we need daily. In this psalm David had experienced some temporary setbacks, for in verse 5 he says, “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favour lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.” It looks as if he had been arrogant or prideful, as in our text he exclaims that when God hid Himself he was shattered, but when God restored His favour he became secure or strong as a mountain.

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Day 78 Surrounded

Walls are designed to contain, to keep out, to mark

“… And I, says Jehovah, will be to her a wall of fire all around, and will be the glory in her midst” (Zechariah 2:5).

boundaries, to hide behind. God will protect you from all Satanic attacks if you call on Him. Read some of the scriptures where He delivered by FIRE.

Commentary This scripture gives us a good illustration of how omniscient our God and Father is. He knows the plans of the enemy and has provided special weapons for us that we might be informed and use them to defend and protect ourselves from Satanic attacks through the full armour that is available for us in Christ (Ephesians 6:8-10).

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I give You praise for Your divine protection. I thank You that the enemy will not penetrate Your wall of fire. I am protected and covered. I love and bless You Lord. I honour You, Abba Father, greatly.

The above scripture was penned at a particular time when Jerusalem was a city without a wall. She was naked, vulnerable, and open to attacks. In those days, a city without a wall would be like an army without guns. Now, with broken-down walls, God Himself would be a wall of fire to them.

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Day 79 The Holy Spirit my warrior

Prayer

“So [as a result of the Messiah’s intervention] they

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I thank You for leaving us with

shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the

the Precious Holy Spirit who protects us and gives us

west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When

victory over Satan and his works. His anointing is great

the enemy shall come in, like a flood the Spirit of the

in the earth and in my life. He is truly my rear guard and

Lord shall lift up a standard against him and put him to

He goes before me (Isaiah 52:12), so I am not afraid of

flight.” (Isaiah 59:19 Amp)

the enemy. Thank You Lord Jesus Christ. I truly love and bless You.

Commentary The Holy Spirit is the One of the Holy Trinity remaining on planet earth to wage war on our behalf and to convict sinners of their need of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, amongst other things. The scripture reminds us that our Lord Jesus Christ will send the Spirit to drive our enemies away like a mighty flood. We cannot go on in life afraid of demonic attacks. No, we have the Holy Spirit in us and upon us to wage war for us and give us victory. So back off devil! The Holy Spirit is here to put you to flight.

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Day 80 Seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus “And He raised us up together with Him and made us

We cannot afford to be ignorant; it is not an excuse

sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in

and God does not like it. He has already told us that

the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ

we perish due to a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6). We

Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One)”

cannot afford to reject knowledge. Let us choose to

(Ephesians 2:10 Amp).

stay in God’s presence and spend time with Him in Bible study, prayer, praise and worship so as to obtain wisdom and understanding of Kingdom matters.

Commentary This scripture gives us assurance and confidence that we are above all the enemy’s tricks. We have authority and

Prayer

dominion over him, for we are seated with Christ Jesus

Heavenly Father, I choose to spend time with the Holy

in heavenly places and the devil is under our feet. It is

Spirit so that I may obtain wisdom, knowledge and

very important to know who we are, otherwise the devil

understanding of the business of the Kingdom of God.

will trample us down if we are ignorant of our identity.

I will, like Deborah, fight from my position of authority

A joint seating with Jesus means that we have the same

in the heavenly realm (Judges 5). Yes, like Joshua, I will

power and authority over our enemy and circumstances

not let the sun and moon go down until I finish off my

just like Jesus has. It also means that He does the

enemies (Joshua 10). I thank You for the blessed Holy

fighting while we just command victory and tell the

Spirit, my lover, my God, friend, intercessor, leader,

enemy to back off.

guide, advocate and comforter (John 15:26).

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Day 81 No more toil “When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon

However, Peter obeyed Jesus, lowered his net, and caught a

(Peter), put out into the deep [water], and lower your

great many fish. I believe that the moral of the story is that

nets for a haul. And Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we

when we come to Christ we receive blessings and abundant

toiled all night [exhaustingly] and caught nothing [in our

life so that people get drawn to the glorious Gospel. It is also

nets]. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the

obvious that the absence of Christ in our lives brings hard

nets [again]. And when they had done this, they caught

work, struggle, strife and battle.

a great number of fish; and their nets were [at the point of] breaking” (Luke 5:4-6 Amp).

Prayer Thank You Heavenly Father that I can commit my life and

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work to You and receive the anointing to do my assignment

This is a very familiar scripture to many Believers. When

effortlessly and with great results. I bless You in Jesus’ Name.

Jesus first called His disciples, He borrowed Peter’s boat for preaching, and after He had finished, He asked Peter to lower his nets. Peter obliged reluctantly. Peter was a seasoned fisherman who knew that no fishing was done in broad daylight, and also that they had tried all night without success, so there was no hope of any fish at day break.

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Day 82 Blessed assurance

Prayer

“Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world

Holy Spirit, I thank You for teaching me the law of God.

will fear Him” (Psalm 65:7 NLT).

Yes, I now know that my Heavenly Father has blessed me with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus and has given me everything that pertains to life and godliness.

Commentary The Bible is full of scriptures that give assurance that God wants to and has already blessed us. At the garden of Eden, as a result of sin by Adam and Eve, we lost the great fellowship with God and were subjected to a curse of hard labour, toil, poverty, sickness and disease, to mention but a few. Jesus Christ, the seed of the woman that crushed or defeated Satan at Calvary, restored all that we had lost in the garden. Therefore sin, poverty and curses are gone (2 Corinthians 8:9 & Galatians 3:13-14). Instead, we received authority and dominion over sin and Satan.

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Day 83 Favour aint fair “When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his

The story ends with Ruth getting married to Boaz (her

servants, ‘let her gather grain even among the bundles.

kinsman-redeemer) and they bore a child Obed, who

Don’t give her any problems. Even pull some grain out

bore Jesse, who bore David, and we find the lineage

of the bundles and leave it for her to gather. Don’t give

of our King and Redeemer Jesus Christ some 14

her a hard time about it’” (Ruth 2:15-16).

generations later.

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The moral of the story is that favour will move someone

This is a very familiar story of preferential treatment or

wealth, better than before, and the aim is that the one

favour on Ruth, the Moabitess, who decided to follow her mother-in-law Naomi back to her land, Bethlehem, after a famine and the loss of her husband and two sons, one of them being Ruth’s husband. Ruth took

from a position of obscurity to fame, great riches and who is favoured will in turn become a blessing.

Prayer

Naomi’s advice and went to the fields to glean behind

Heavenly Father, I depend on Your favour daily to

the reapers, as was customary for the poor.

promote and move me to another level, without experience or qualifications and credentials, so that I

In this case the owner of the field Boaz, a relative,

can proclaim “favour aint fair.”

noticed her and commanded his workers to “drop off”

(Inspired by Bishop TD Jakes)

bundles for her on purpose. This action made it easier for Ruth to reap; she did not “work hard or toil” for it, God just gave it to her.

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Day 84 Honey from the rock

Prayer

“He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat

Heavenly Father, I realise that Your promises are

and with honey from the rock I would have satisfied

conditional and one of them includes loving You with

you” (Psalm 81:16).

all my heart, soul and strength, and also to love my neighbour as myself. I purpose to do that by the power of the Holy Spirit as I know that You are a jealous God.

Commentary In Bible times milk and honey were chief dainties, and honey denotes external delight. The point in this scripture is that if we turn to God with our whole heart, not only will He subdue our enemies, but He also promises to fill our mouths with good if we do not bow to other gods but love Him only. God promises to give us “honey from the rock.” That means unexpected income or wealth or delight or success. It means open doors that no one can shut. Yes, it means victory in hard places because God is with us and our hearts are towards Him.

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Day 85 Abundance in famine

Prayer

“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I choose to rest in You, my

days of famine they shall be satisfied” (Psalm 37:19).

Rock of ages. I have no reason to envy the wicked. You promised me in Your Word that “in famine You will

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deliver me from death, and in battle from the stroke of

Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to

recession and the Babylonian system of depending on

us. Let us not discompose ourselves because of what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many

the sword“ (Job 5:20). I choose not to participate in the debt, but to trust You Lord Jesus.

temptations. God provides plentifully and well, not only for His working servants, but for His waiting servants. They have that which is better than wealth, which is peace of mind, peace with God, and then peace in God; that peace which the world cannot give, and which the world cannot have.

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Day 86 Show me your God “Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named

Many times I ask myself if there is any evidence that I

Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus

am a born again Spirit-filled Christian. I also understand

by night and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, we know that You

that people around me want to see a sign that I truly

have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do

belong to God. Jesus demonstrated His deity and favour

these signs that You do unless God is with him.’ Jesus

with God through the miracles, signs and wonders

answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you,

He performed. It was the same for the apostles. What

unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of

about you and me?

God’” (John 3:1-3).

Prayer Commentary

Lord Jesus, I desire that people will look at my life and

This is an account of Nicodemus who secretly met

enquire about the God that I serve, then I will turn them

with Jesus at night for fear of the “religious group” he

to Your sacrificial death and miraculous resurrection. Yes,

belonged to. This lawyer and devout Jew observed that

I believe that we can say, like Zechariah 8:23 says, “Let us

Jesus Christ was a different Jew; he even called Him

go with you because we have heard God is with you.”

Rabbi, meaning teacher, and above that confessed that Jesus Christ did all that He did because God was with

May I live to “show off my God” as I know that Christ

Him.

in me is the hope of glory, and by the power of the Holy Spirit in me I will achieve this.

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Day 87 Keep up the hope

In the middle of all of this, one thing is true, God will

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life”. (Proverbs 13:12)

never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). Christ also said, ”I have told you these things so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome

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the world”. (John 16:33)

Hope deferred is the same as hope displaced, which seems to make us remain on a never ending roller coaster ride from hopeful to hopeless. It can even progress into anger at God and others. According to Strong’s Bible Dictionary, deferred means to “delay” or “draw out,” which implies that the thing hoped for is probable and will eventually come to pass. God’s promises are true, but His timetable is rarely ours. Hebrews 11:1 reads, “Now faith is being sure of what

Prayer Heavenly Father, I choose to wait patiently and to trust You because You have promised that You are with me. You are my husband and father. You will never leave me nor forsake me, so I am assured of answered prayer by faith because it is a covenant right and I pray according to Your will. (1 John 5:14)

we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” We can be sure to receive what we hope for, even when it remains unseen, if God Himself promises it to us. Hope is displaced when we assume that God will do something for us merely because He has done it for others.

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Day 88 Persistence in faith

The idea portrayed here is that if this poor widow with

“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. And the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he

no hope received help from a wicked judge, how much sooner and greater will be the help of a loving heavenly Father and Righteous Judge, for His own dear children (verses 6-8). If we know He loves us, we can believe He will hear our cries for help. This widow pled out of her poverty, but we have all of God’s riches available to us to meet our every need. (Philippians 4:19)

find faith on the earth?’”. (Luke 18:6-8)

Prayer Commentary

Dear Heavenly Father, I choose to persist in prayer

God expects us to be persistent in prayer, but it does not mean endless repetition in painfully long prayer sessions. Always praying means keeping our requests

because I know You love me and in faith I will wait for my answer as You are my only hope, refuge, defence and strong tower.

constantly before the Lord day by day, believing He will answer. God may delay in answering our prayer, but His delays always have good reasons. As we persist in prayer, we grow in character, faith and hope. If we know He loves us, we can believe He will hear our cries for help.

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Day 89 Call those things into existence

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;As it is written, I have made you a father of many

Dear Heavenly Father, in the Mighty Name of Jesus

nations in the presence of Him whom He believed â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Christ I choose not to be lazy, but to persist in prayer

God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things

and to imitate those who through faith and patience

which do not exist as though they didâ&#x20AC;?.

inherited what has been promised (Hebrews 6:12).

(Romans 4:17)

Commentary Abraham waited for 25 years for the birth of his promised heir and son Isaac. He believed God and trusted Him to be faithful. As we continue to draw closer to the end of this age, it has become more and more important that we walk by faith! There is never a time in our lives that we will not need to exercise our faith, so we need to keep it strong! If our faith is weak, there will be no answered prayers. We have to understand that it is impossible to please God without faith. (Hebrews 11:6)

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Day 90 The joy of God’s Word

Prayer

“Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart’s delight”

Heavenly Father, I am so grateful that Your Word is

(Psalm 119:111 NLT).

alive; it is God the Son Himself. It brings me joy. You said, “You have magnified your word above your name”

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(Psalm 138:2b). I am truly persuaded that if I have the

This word and revelation brought so much freedom

rich and I have a good heritage.

to my soul just to know that the Word of God is my

Word of God in my spirit, soul and body, then I am truly

heritage, my treasure; it’s all that I have. That means that you can strip me of everything – my car, my house, etcetera – but don’t take away God’s Word. I remember Jesus Christ in John 6 telling us that His Word is life and Spirit. The Psalmist was so much in love with the Word of God that in the same Psalm, verse 14, he declared, “I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.” Furthermore, in verse 162, he says, ”I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.”

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Day 91 My identity in Christ “I said, ‘You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High’” (Psalm 82:6). “Jesus answered them, ‘Is it not written in your law? I said, you are gods’” (John 10:34).

Join me to change things … let us legislate, decree things, and establish heaven on earth. If things don’t go right in our land, including social and economic injustices, yes terrorism and senseless killings, then it is to a great degree because the Church has failed in her duty to bring justice and behave like a king.

Prayer

Commentary Our Heavenly Father expresses His dissatisfaction about our sloppy attitude, displayed by our neglect of justice for the poor. He observes that we have allowed the wicked to oppress the poor even though, as children of the Most High God, we could have done something. He advises that we have neglected our role to legislate, decree things and ensure justice happens. He goes on to say that because of our poor attitude we will die like mere men, even though we are kings.

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Heavenly Father, I repent on behalf of the Church for having neglected our rightful place. We failed to reign as kings and we have not brought justice for the poor. Forgive us and restore us to our rightful place of dominion so that we will legislate as kings and bring justice for the poor, thus changing the course of life. I now agree with Jesus Christ that I have power and authority over the enemy because I am a god and a child of the Most High God.

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Day 92 God of vengeance

Prayer

“Say to those with an anxious and panic-stricken heart,

Dear Heavenly Father, I take responsibility to call on

‘Be strong, fear not! Indeed, your God will come with

You my dear God to bring vengeance for us. And that

vengeance [for the ungodly]; The retribution of God will

is what Jesus Christ was prophesied to do for us (Isaiah

come, But He will save you’” (Isaiah 35:4 Amp).

61:2). I know that David sang a song that said, “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; and exalted be

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God, the rock of my salvation, The God who executes

Vengeance is punishment inflicted or retribution exacted

same, in Jesus’ Name, and expect Your judgement on

for an injury or wrong. This punishment is done in order to bring justice to the victim, thus it has nothing to do

vengeance for me” (2 Samuel 22:47-48). I will do the my enemies.

with revenge. It is therefore not some irrational burst of divine anger, but rather the exercise of divine justice. In this case, we hope in God to avenge us against our adversary. The expectation is that the Righteous Judge will deal, and He does deal with our enemies in His wrath. The Bible is full of God’s promises to pay us back for evil done to His children (Psalm 94:1).

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Day 93 Face to face – seeking the favour of God “I entreated Your favour with my whole heart; Be merciful to

He suggests that the first step we should take to

me according to Your word” (Psalm 119:58).

experience the unprecedented favour of God and to do exploits like Daniel, Queen Esther, and King Jesus is

“I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me

to have a face to face relationship, time or encounter

according to Thy saying” (Psalm 119:58 YLT).

with God, i.e. spending time in prayer and in Bible study. He defines the word “entreat” as to ask someone

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earnestly or anxiously to do something. In our text the

This psalm has been inspired by Dr Lance Wallnau and

“face,” hence the Young’s translation that asks God to

I have read it many times, done research on it, and found precious nuggets. Dr Lance describes favour as supernatural charisma of Christ that comes on us so that my will (His purpose in my life) becomes irresistible in transaction regarding the Kingdom. Simply put, people come to help us when we do what God told us to do.

word “entreat” means paunin in Hebrew, which means turn His face towards David and to grant favour. Lance says it’s useless to proclaim that we are highly favoured when we do not even know what God’s face looks like, meaning that we do not spend time with God.

Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, I cry out to You. I want to see Your face daily so that You may favour me and I may do Your exploits, which include Your end-time harvest. I pray in the Name of Jesus Christ.

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Day 94 The force of favour in the lives of two lonely girls “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in

In Mary’s case, a young virgin from a humble

favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52 NIV).

background, she was visited by the angel with the “breaking news” that she was highly favoured. This declaration changed her destiny forever and she became

Commentary The Bible records the profound accounts of two young women, Esther and Mary, who were both virgins at the time they encountered the force of favour of

the mother of our Lord, King and Saviour, Jesus Christ

Prayer

God on their lives, which changed their destiny to

Heavenly Father, I entreat Your favour today. I know I

the extent that Christians pray to experience such

will be blessed to be a blessing.

favour. God exalted these two women, both from humble backgrounds, proving that His favour results in prominence and wealth transfer. In Esther’s case she found favour with the eunuch who tipped her how to become the queen, and she found favour with the king until the day of the liberation of the Jews. In this case, favour resulted in preferential treatment, gifts and a tax-free status, as told in Esther 2:15-18.

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Day 95 Don’t limit God

Prayer

“Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited

My dear heavenly Father, I truly repent for having

the Holy One of Israel” (Psalm 78:41 KJV).

looked at my situation, my obstacles, and having limited Your capability to deliver me. You are great and

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powerful and strong. You are able to deliver and set

At a meeting where I heard Pastor Bill Winston

Jesus Christ. I choose to trust You, my dear great God.

speaking, he advised or warned us against limiting the

free. Forgive me Lord and cleanse me by the Blood of

Holy One of Israel. He told us to trust God, regardless of what we see. His words blessed me, and I continue to meditate on the above Psalm which lists all the wonderful mighty acts which God performed from the time the Israelites left Egypt until the time of Samuel’s ministry. In some instances the Israelites did not believe that God would deliver them, and they provoked Him to anger by worshipping other gods. Bruce Wilkerson defines “limiting God” as drawing a line or mark that says, “God, You cannot go further than this.” He reminds us that God is great and cannot be confined to our small thinking capacity. Andrew Womack, on the same subject, reminds us that God is so huge that even the universe cannot contain Him (1 Kings 8:27).

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Day 96 My soul be still

Prayer

“My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to

Lord, I choose to be still and to get my soul to submit to

Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him”

Your leadership. I choose to be directed by Your Spirit in

(Psalm 62:5 Amp).

all my affairs.

Commentary We all know that our battle is in the mind, or our soul, the area that includes our will, emotions and the mind. It is an area that is subject to the attacks of the enemy. In many cases he tempts us to reason out how God will deliver us; he inflicts doubt and unbelief in our minds, causing us to fret and panic. Sometimes he causes us to worry about how we are going to overcome situations. All these negative emotions are contrary to God’s ways which require us not to look at things around us but to know that the things we see are subject to change. God expects us to be still and to know that He is God.

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Day 97 “It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

A nd they sang responsively, praising and giving

And to sing praises to Your name,

thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; For His mercy

O Most High”

endures forever toward Israel.” Then all the people

(Psalm 92:1).

shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid (Ezra 3:11).

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Today we are going to focus on thanksgiving. Below are some psalms giving gratitude to God.

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Thanksgiving scriptures l

Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name (2 Samuel 22:50).

T herefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name (Psalm T hat I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Your wondrous works (Psalm 26:7).

S ing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name (Psalm 30:4).

Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! (1 Chronicles 16:8).

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever (1 Chronicles 16:34).

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Day 98 The parable of the hidden treasure and the pearl â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that

The treasure principle is that the Kingdom of God, that is the reign of Jesus Christ in our hearts and lives, is so supremely valuable that it is worth any cost or price in this life, including life itself, in order that we may enjoy Him forever.

field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls, when he found one of great

Prayer

value, he went away and sold everything he had and

Heavenly Father, it is my prayer that I will love You and

bought itâ&#x20AC;? (Matthew 13:44-45).

enjoy Your presence more than anything. I appreciate that Jesus Christ died for me to show how valuable I am

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and, even better, that He decided to dwell in me by His

These twin parables of the treasure and the pearl, I believe, have the same meaning. Jesus tells the same three-part story:

Spirit. Oh, what a blessed treasure, the Blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit in my life. I love You all and thank my dear great Jehovah, Abba Father.

1. A precious joy is discovered. 2. The ultimate sacrifice is required to obtain it. 3. The supreme value is gained and treasured.

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Day 99 He is a great God

Prayer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;O give thanks to the God of gods, for His mercy and

Lord Jesus, thank You so much for your grace, love,

loving-kindness endure foreverâ&#x20AC;? (Psalm 136:2).

favour and mercy. It is amazing that You created me as an object of Your love to display forever how much You adore me. I thank You always. I look forward to

Commentary This is one of my favourite psalms. It gives tribute to

spending eternity with You, my sweet great God.

God for His mercies that never fail and it recounts or lists all the great acts of kindness that God performed because of the greatness of His mercies and His love that never change. We serve a God that remains the same, never changing but always loving, because He is love.

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Day 100 He is a great God “Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of

He is a Mighty God who deserves to be praised. It will

our God! His holy mountain” (Psalm 48:1).

serve us well to love Him unceasingly and to adore Him for His amazing love for us. If it were not for God,

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our enemy would have consumed us. I remember the

We all understand that God loves Mount Zion, a place

had I not believed that I would see the Lord’s goodness

of praise and worship, where we can freely adore Him. Psalm 66:2 says, “Sing forth the honour and glory to His Name, make His praise glorious.” We are to adore Him, bow down and worship Him for the great and mighty

psalmist who wrote, “What would have become of me in the land of the living?” (Psalm 27:13-14).

Prayer

things He did. God inhabits the praises of His people.

Thank You Heavenly Father for proving to us that You

We must draw His attention and make His abode in us

answer when we call. Yes, there is salvation in the Name

as we choose to sing songs of love and adoration.

of Jesus Christ (Psalm 20).

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PRAYER FOR SALVATION If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With

Saviour, pray the prayer below. And if you are already a

my heart I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.

child of the living God, share this prayer with your loved

This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own

ones.

personal Saviour and according to His Word, right now I am saved. ***** Thank You Jesus for Your unlimited grace which has

Dear God in heaven, I come to You in the name of

saved me from my sins. I thank You Jesus that Your

Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am

grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads

sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived. I need

to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus, transform my life

Your forgiveness. I believe that Your only begotten Son

so that I may bring glory and honour to You alone and

Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at

not to myself.

Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to Thank You Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal

turn from my sin.

life. You said in Your Holy Word, in Romans 10:9, “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in

I pray this in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and

Amen.

are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”

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RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT When you have been born again, you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and with power; He will help you to serve God and to live victoriously over sin and Satan. So pray this prayer: ***** Father, as Your child in Jesus, I desire to be totally an instrument for Your Kingdom to manifest through my life. I desire to receive Your Promise of the Holy Spirit to those who believe. Jesus, my Saviour and King, baptize me in the Holy Spirit so that the power of Your resurrection will work in me and transform me according to Your will. Holy Spirit, empower me and fill me to overflowing. I hold nothing back from You. Work Your gifts in me and through me, all of me, so that the Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kingdom may be manifested in and through my life. I ask this in Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mighty Name. Amen!

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ROCK OF AGES - LYRICS By Augustus M Toplady, 1776 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed,

When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold Thee on Thy throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee. (Scripture references: Deuteronomy 32:3-4 and Isaiah 26:4)

Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. 2. Not the labour of my hands Can fulfil Thy lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone. 3. Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling; Naked, come to Thee for dress; Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die. 4. While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyes shall close in death,

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SOURCE REFERENCES 1. Chabad magazine Jewish History. 2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Book of Obadiah.

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