Strange powers are real

STRANGE POWERS ARE REAL
MARK 8:29-38
NUMBERS 23:23
Welcome to this devotional with he that is called Ebenezer, the tear wiper. In this my years with the lord, I have come to realise that I the darkness of this world, there is a strange light.

I have come face to face with Ahabs, Nebuchanezzars and Herods of this world, the wicked rulers of this world. The God that has kept me by his grace will also keep you from their demonic bullets.

Consider this story, sometime ago, in Port-harcourt,, Rivers state of Nigeria, the victim of a fatal road accident turned into a goat which was badly dis-figures and ripped open by the speeding Vehicle. The driver said that as he was hurrying to work, he had hit an old woman who suddenly appeared in the centre of the road, so convinced was the driver that he had hit someone’s grandmother. He cried so bitterly. His tears soon gave way to fear when sympathisers got to the scene, where the supposed victim laid, instead of the lifeless body of an old woman, they saw a dead brown goat. The incident was to assume a new dimension later when a man who drove a car attempted to cover the goat with a piece of white cloth and take it away.
Onlookers challenged him until he confessed that his mother at home that she had cried out that she was naked somewhere and had appealed to him to go and cover the dead animal.

Not impressed with the man’s explanation, the irate bunch burnt the car beyond recognition and beat him to a state of coma. What a world of mysteries and wickedness. Do you still doubt that the spiritual controls the physical? Do you still doubt that the there are strange, unseen powers that don’t want your progress? What would have happened if the accident had claimed the man’s life? Do you still doubt that witches and wizards are real? Come to Africa and see them falling off the skies as if their finished mid-way on a journey. Well that is always the excuse they give.
You need to strengthen your spiritual security and re-affirm your spiritual authority over demons and principalities in high places. Declare Numbers 23:23 every day of your life.
Look up to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.

PRAYER
I send lightening and thunder and the hook of the lord against the power of witches and wizards of this world targeted against my life, family and ministry progress in the name of the lord, Amen. This is my year in Jesus, Amen.

The secret of living in Contentment

THE SECRET OF LIVING IN CONTENTMENT

LUKE 12:13-31

Lots of people lose their health trying to become wealthy and later lose their wealth trying to get their health, as a child of God, you must avoid this demonic trap. Heaven is today trying to draw your attention to the power and secret of contentment. Life is an eternal struggle. It is good to have money and the things money can buy, but it is better to regularly make sure that you do not lose the things money cannot buy.
Money is a universal provider of everything except happiness. Be reminded again that money can buy mansion but not peace and security. Money can buy a bed but not sleep. It can also buy delicious foods but not appetite- there are thousands of rich people who are in hospitals but cannot eat. Money can buy medicine but not healing, remember doctors die too.

Pursue contentment at all levels. Learn never to pursue money to the detriment of your daily quiet time, your weekly local church fellowships or your Christian integrity. Luke 12:15 says that “take heed and beware for a man’s life does not consist the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

Did you get that? Contentment is when your earning power equals your yearning power. When you can think of your yesterday without regrets and tomorrow without fear or anxiety, then you are near real contentment. Enjoy what you have and refuse to worry about what you don’t have.

John ray did say, “diseases are the prices we pay on uncontrolled pleasures.” This shouldn’t be your portion this year in the name of Jesus, Amen. Dwell in contentment for as long as there is life, there is hope. Godliness with contentment is a secret of successful people. Seek it every day of your life.

Do not forget to look up to Jesus, for the fulfilment of our daily desires

PRAYER
Thank God for your glorious future. Paralyse all demonic forces working against your career.  

A different kind of prayer

A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRAYER

Prayer is a way that we pour out  our heart to God. It is the only way we can go to God since we cannot see him physically. We are constantly tormented by the things of this world, problems and strife and the good book has made it known to us that the battles we face are not canal but spiritual. That is why the apostle told us that we must be battle-ready at all times so we don’t fall victim to the schemes of the enemy.
Has it ever occurred to you how someone would be doing so well in his endeavour and the next minute he is so broke and his debt.

The devil is never sleeping, he is moving on the surface of the earth looking for whom to kill and to destroy. That is why you need a different kind of Prayer to battle him.

Because we are fighting principalities and powers in high places, our weapons shall also be spiritual. For instance, when you are praying for deliverance and say things like, “every witchcraft power fighting against my prosperity, I fire you with the thunder of the most high God.” You position yourself as if with a gun and as a soldier and fire thunders into the spiritual realm and scatter the covens of the devil. This is a battle and there are no rules of engagement. Fire whatever missile into the covens of witchcraft and powers of darkness in high places and belief that you have caused confusion in the world of darkness.

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Remember, there are powers everywhere, and these principalities require a new kind of prayers, pray and keep looking up to Jesus, to sustain your faith.

Persistence - The story of the little boy and the skate board

PERSISTENCE-THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BOY AND THE SKATE BOARD

LUKE 18:1-8

A little boy was learning how to skate on snow. His frequent fall provoked the pity of a passer-by who said, “you are getting all banged up, why don’t you stop for a while and watch others do it?” with tears still rolling down his cheeks from his last fall, the boy looked up into the eyes of the adviser and said, “ Mister, I didn’t get this shoes to give up with, I got them to learn how with.” The uninvited passer-by quickly hurried away and I tell you, nothing will stop that boy from learning and mastering how to skate.

 Listen brethren, the holy Ghost wants you to know that success in most cases depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Giving up because of adversaries will add your name to the list of failures. Patience and strong determination can be compared to the dropping of water which finally wears away the hardest stone.
The man or woman who reserves and perseveres can do and have almost anything. Be that kind of person. Your destiny is too great to be lost to impatience. Did they wicked judge in our scriptural reference not bow to the persistence of the widow?

So why do you think your case Is different. Don’t give up now even when you think your pathway may be rough and narrow and your tomorrow looks unreal. No matter what the size of the bottle is, the cream always rises to the top.

So be persistent.



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Stubborn determination in the midst of life’s battles, attacks, enemies and disappointment is a winning secret. Note this, when the final chapter of your life has been completed, it would be found that your persistence or a lack of it, had played a great role in either your success or failure. Learn from the widow. Hold on and hold out, but most importantly, believe that your persistence will make a way for you.

THE BEST CHAPTERS OF YOUR LIFE HAVE NOT YET BEEN Written If you persist and put your trust in God through his son Jesus Christ

PRAYERS
My soul shall persist until I win in the name of Jesus, Amen

Faith clinic - Digging through that roof

FAITH CLINIC
DIG THROUGH THAT ROOF


MARK 2:1-12

When the great William Grace, founder of the Grace shipping line and ex-mayor of New York was asked the secret of his outstanding success, he quickly said, “the secret of success is stick-to-it-iveness, industry and strict attention to the main object at hand.”

When General Grant, who fought at the battles of Fort and Shiloh, USA, was asked to comment on how his troops won, he said, “I thought I was going to fail, but I kept right on.” What a lesson. It is this keep right on that wins the battles of life. I remember that it has been written that there is nothing new under the sun-Eccl 1:9. What this means is that someone has conquered whatever you are passing through or will pass through in this life at one time or the other before. No problem can paralyse you except you give up so soon. Every problem in your life has been given an expiry date by your God- The God that can expire all things without expiring.
That battle confronting you has been instructed in the spirit world on how long it must stay. It is definitely not forever and you won’t expire with it. The slow penny in God’s will is surer than the quick dollar in man. The slow trotter will out travel the fleet racer. It is the grace of God.

The scripture reference above renders that when they could not come close to him (Jesus), the opened the roof. The amplified version says they dug through the roof.
They dug through. Digging is tough. Waiting is tough. But listen child of God. The way is always through. Yes. There is always a way out of every battle. Find it. Refuse to give up. Assuming these men saw the crowd and gave up, satan would have rejoiced. But they knew that,

yes, the crowd of problems may temporarily block the face of the master, but stubborn determination and persistence will open the roof for the shower of manifestation. Yes, every obstacle has an opportunity, and every opportunity has an obstacle, but never forget that for every crowd of delay or disappointment, there is a roof of appointment. Patience will show you that roof.
All the men who the world called geniuses like Isaac Newton, owe all their greatness to abnormal and aggressive patience, stubborn determination and faith in God. Hold on, the last battle could mean your victory. Dig through that roof because this could be your year of great open doors. Amen.

Boast only in Christ and shore up your faith

PRAYER

Lord, grant me the grace to hold on and wait for you when necessary, Amen.

GOD IS NEVER WRONG

GOD IS NEVER WRONG


ROMANS 8:28
PSALMS 46:1-11

If the time comes that all hell is let loose against you and you are thrown into your burning furnace, just know that God will never take anything away from you without giving you something better. The battle he allows is to mould you into the kind of person you should be. Jeremiah 29:11 says “for I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

God will never ask you to become a wrong kind of person to do the right kind of things. God can never be wrong, his ways are perfect and farther than your brain can imagine. Just believe that when the best things are going wrong, God will always be there to make you strong. As you journey through life, have faith in God.


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 When people hurt you, God will heal you. When you people humiliate you, God will magnify you. When people judge you, God will justify you. Have faith in God because he is never wrong. Life is like a camera. Focus on what is important, capture the good times. Develop from the negatives, and if things delay and don’t work out, take another shot and you will know at last that God is never wrong. Resist fear for everything you want in life is on the other side of fear (Jack Canfield)

Don’t allow depression, self-pity, inferiority complex, self-comparison, suicide thoughts etc. to master your mind. In your battle front, be still and know that he is God. Drown in your tears if you may, but you are swimming out at last if you wait on him because God is never wrong. Something great is in the making for you.
PRAYER
Lord, through the many zig-zags and twists of life, lead me to that expected end of my destiny in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen

Child of God,trust in God and his son Jesus, and you will see that he is never wrong.

When your pilot dies-learn to trust in God

WHEN YOUR PILOT DIES—LEARNING TO TRUST IN GOD
The news was explosive in the world-wide media when it was reported that a pilot dies mid-flight and the co-pilot landed the plane. On examination, the autopsy revealed he had a heart attack and the wife confirmed that her husband underwent a heart surgery in the past and he was told he would likely die of a heart attack. There were 147 passengers in the plane and five crew members when it too off from the airport. When your pilot dies mid-air, then only God can make sure you see land again.

The holy Ghost is saying to you in this sermon “for I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.” Psalm 44:6. Refuse to trust in your bow, anything or any person around your life and family. Refuse to look at the things that gives you confidence, including your job, career, spouse, helpers etc. psalm 118:9 says, “it is better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in princes.”

Lynn Barber said, “I learned not to trust people, I learned not to believe what they say, but to watch what they do. I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of living a lie. I came to believe that other people, even when you think you know them very well, are ultimately unknowable.”


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Did you get that? The lord is warning you that your bow- your wife/husband, your pilot, your pastor, your best friend- can fail you at one point or the other.
Love people, but never have absolute trust in any man or woman. Give that trust to God alone. Look back and thank God. Look up and trust God. He alone closes doors that no man can open and he opens doors that no man can close.
Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, if I ever trust in any man or woman on this earth, let him or her disappoint me.

Whose report do you believe?

WHOSE REPORT DO YOU BELIEVE?
God told Elijah to leave where he was and go and hide at a certain brook. He promised to feed and look after him. The lord told him, “you would have fresh water to drink there and I have ordered the ravens, the birds to feed you.”
But after a while, things became so rough, the brook dried up and the ravens refused to show up. The heat began and he became a laughing stock.
How often does God have things going well in your life and then the supply runs out and the rains stops? What do you do when your well planned goals begin to crumble and fail? At such times, some people begin to blame God. God you brought me here, I did what you said and now look what has happened. NEVER DO THAT. KEEP TRUSTING EVEN WHEN THE GOING BECOMES TWISTED.


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Every test you go through will bring you to another level of trusting God. It is the heat that would reveal who we are and what we are made of. If we are ready to let God, he would go before us and provide for us as he did for Elijah.

1st Kings 18:41 says “go, eat for there is the sound of the abundance of rain.” Elijah had proclaimed to Ahab that the rain was coming and to be prepared. Elijah heard the rain even before it was seen.

What are you hearing? In the scripture, it is told that Elijah was expecting rain. Seven times, he said “Go back.”  The seventh time, the servant reported, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.

What are you hearing? Whose report do you want to hear? Even before the cloud appears, keep looking, keep believing, keep holding on. Others may not see it, but you can see it in your spirit. Go back, keep looking.

The persistent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Nothing is impossible to us if we absolutely, wholly allow God to be God in our lives and follow him in everything. Remember, God knows exactly what is about to happen in our lives. He is the only one who knows the end from the beginning. Nothing takes him by surprise and nothing causes him to be worried. God has already been where you are about to go, so don’t ever give up.

IN THE SEASONS OF TIME PART TWO-WINNING BY ALL MEANS IS NOT OF GOD

 Remember that Jesus said, “follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” He is the maker, making yourself the head by all means is just a temporary breakthrough rooted on sinking sands.

Avoid it! Stop it! Stop envying others! do your best, let your hands be clean and leave the rest to God. Arnold Schwarzenegger screamed “strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”


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Though David was in the deep bush, did he win at last? Was he not made head at last? How could he have overthrown the greatest power at that time with his own effort? Humanly speaking, his winning and being the head was impossible. Promotion does not come by cheating because at the said time, he had no Army. He becoming the king of Isreal had nothing to do with him killing Goliath. (He was chosen in first Samuel 13 and he killed Goliath in chapter 17).
Wilma Rudolph said, “winning is sure great, but if you are willing to do something great in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.”
So, winning and becoming the head is not by anxiety or panic actions. It is by God favouring you in your due season. Remember Gehazi wanted to win and grow rich by all means, but he became rich with leprosy, if God be God, then in your season, your making by him will show forth for the world to behold. Wait on the lord.

Prayer points

Even in the land of famine, Isaac prospered. Tell God that things are hard but you want his power for success in all that you do.

Pray for help from above not to be envious of the prosperity of the wicked.

In the seasons of Time

I am not going to start this sermon with what you already know. It is no longer news that to everything in life, there is a season and a time. This sermon will dwell on understanding the season in your life so that you can make a better decision and manage your life to its greatest potential.
It is very important to note that in a man’s life, there is a season, a season to plant and a season to harvest. You cannot be in a seed planting season and expect to be harvesting. In the same vein, if you are an employee and your employer is harvesting greatly, do not compare yourself with him, he had already had his seed planting season and is now harvesting, you ought to know that you should be planting at that time so you can have your harvest time.
That Mr. A is harvesting does not mean that Mr. B should be harvesting, even if they both work for the same employer.
Elisha made it clear when he was offered a gift after healing Naaman (2 kings 5:20-27), he refused it, but Gehazi went behind and took the gift. Elisha became furious and made it clear to him that it was not the time for harvest, and this covetousness led to the leprosy of Gehazi. This is because he thwarted prematurely the plans of God. It is a very important lesson not to sabotage God’s cycles by intruding in a season prematurely.  

The challenges you pass through time which can be referred to as a cold season can also be your seed planting season, or a night season, but the day season will come, a season where you would reap bountifully.
In this cold season, people may mock and insult you as you wait upon the lord. In this your winter season, all sorts of negative derision could be hauled at you, but do not mind, stay focused and understand that it is your seed planting season. Do not cut down your tree prematurely, let your faith play a vital role and I tell you it would definitely end in praise. Hold on and believe that your harvest time would come.

A simple philosophy to strengthen you in this period of darkness is to know that as long as the seasons remain, night and day, prosperity and hardship, winter and summer, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, you can’t stop it, but can only adapt to it. You can pray all you can with all the amount of faith in you and still borrow the faith of your brethren, you still won’t be able to change a season. You cannot travel to Europe or northern America in December and expect it to be summer. It would definitely be winter.
You can only adapt to it. In the same way, when you are passing through the storms of life, in your dark season, always remember that this is the best time to plant seeds so that in due season, you can reap bountifully. This does not only apply to prosperity matters. Even in our relationships, when it seems that we are at our lowest ebb and about to lose our loved ones. This is the right time to invest in the relationship and ourselves, to think back and know exactly what went wrong and try to remedy it. This would be the time to invest tremendous amount of energy, time and attention to make things work and in due season, you shall reap happiness. Remember, whatever thou sowest, that would thou reap. You don’t expect to sow rice and reap up legumes.
What do you do in your seed planting time? This is the period you stay focused on God’s, investing your energy to right thoughts and working round the clock to pursue your dreams of having a better future when you harvest.  This is the time to think deep to generate great ideas and connections that would propel you to that which you desire. This is the time you analyse your situation and put strategies in place to change your story.
Remember, that God will not abandon you in your night season, Yes, he knows about your situation and wants to use it for his glory, and if you are a true a true believer, your story would definitely end in praise.
May the good lord help us to understand the seasons of our time and make better use of it in the name of Jesus, Amen.


Valentine Hyacinth is the pastor of Divine mercy ministries, a community of Christians devoted to the teaching of Christ’s salvation, Christian life, faithfulness and most important of all Prayer. An accomplished author who strongly believes in the power of prayer. You can follow me or subscribe to my blog at www.valentinehyacinth.blogspot.com or through send your prayer requests directly to him on valentinehyacinth12@gmail.com