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Prayer and fasting for Church and Leadership day 39 of 40
Scripture: Acts 13:21-22
The Passion Translation
21 The people craved for a king, so God gave them one from the tribe of Benjamin: Saul, the son of Kish, who ruled for forty years. 22 After removing him, God raised up David to be king, for God said of him, ‘I have found in David, son of Jesse, a man who always pursues my heart[a] and will accomplish all that I have destined him to do.’[b]
1 Samuel 13:13-14
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly! You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God which He commanded you; for the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever;
14 But now your kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after His own [a]heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince and ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
*Prayer:* Father God, where You find willingness in us Your children, release to us abundant grace so that we can truly be people after Your heart all the days of our lives on this pilgrimage journey in Jesus name, amen
Title: *Part 18 – Enough is Enough to Captivity of Satan and Welcome to Freedom in Christ Jesus – The Secrets to becoming a man or woman after God’s heart that grants unfettered Access 24/7 to His presence + Worship as warfare by Faith Igwe and Segun Lawal of spirit of David*
Friends, about 12 midnight today, the Holy Spirit inspired upon me to look up Psalm 104. When the Holy Spirit does that, He wants you and I to see, digest and apply some principles. When I finished reading that Psalm, I knew God wanted me to give attention to praise, worship, thanksgiving and adoration. What He says to one, He says to all.
If you missed the 17th series of enough if enough to Captivity, “STORMS OF LIFE – DO WE BELIEVE HIM OR BELIEVE IN HIM? I BELIEVE, HELP MY UNBELIEF – TRUE STORY BY BETH”
Follow this link: https://www.otakada.org/storms-of-life-do-we-believe-him-or-believe-in-him-i-believe-help-my-unbelief-true-story-by-beth/
Friend of the house came up with a new song which premiered on the 2nd of April 2021 on worship as a Spiritual weapon for Warfare – Faith Igwe and Segun Lawal of Spirit of David which fits well with our theme – enjoy the song via this link and also attached for your equipping pleasure for warfare:
Now, it is easy to complain. It is easy to recall failures and setbacks and unfulfilled dreams. It is difficult to sing praise and worship and give thanks when all is collapsing around us. The government can’t be trusted and the world is in turmoil.
*When people are dying like chicken amongst and around us.*
*When we can’t seem to make ends meet.*
*When it seems as if God is afar off or He does not exist in our daily, weekly, monthly or yearly existence and experiences.*
*When prayer and fasting don’t seem to yield our desired aspiration YET.*
*The question I ask you is this:* what do you do when you don’t know what to do?
– *When your dreams are falling apart*
– *When that prince or princess fails to materialize and the biological clock is ticking*
– *When that long expected baby says, “No, not yet time.”*
– *When that job, contract and hope eludes you like a plague*
– *When that Healing, Deliverance and Restoration does not seem to work despite all the binding and the loosing, the fasting and the prayers, the lying on of hands and everything in between.*
I tell you today to return back to the basics.
Return back to reason of your *being.*
Read this:
Revelation 4:8-11
The Passion Translation
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings, full of eyes all around and under their wings. *They worshiped without ceasing, day and night, singing,*
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty![a]
The Was,[b] the Is,[c] and the Coming!”[d]
9 And whenever the living creatures gave glory, honor, and thanks to the One who is enthroned and who lives forever and ever, *10 the twenty-four elders fell facedown before the one seated on the throne and they worshiped the one who lives forever and ever. And they surrendered their crowns before the throne, singing:*
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory, honor, and power,
*for you created all things, and for your pleasure[e] they were created and exist.”[f]*
I like you to focus your attention on the last verse *“for you created all things, and for your pleasure they were created and exist”*
Did you read that? Our very existence should bring God glory and it starts with praise,worship, thanksgiving, adoration.
How do you make worship meaningful so it does not become a ritual or a tradition of mean?
Start by journaling the following for a start:
*1) What worked in the past?*
*2) What is working now?*
*3) What you see with the eye of the spirit that will work in the future?*
Take note of those and begin to appreciate God for them and you expect a turnaround in the areas where things are not what they should be YET.
*You are single and lonely?* thank God for siblings, for mum and dad, for relation and friends for life. Because there are singles who have non of those
*You are married and have no child or children yet?* thank God for at least you have a husband.
*Your job is not paying well?* at least thank Him for the job. Some have nothing, you do.
This will cause deep rooted appreciation to spring up in sincerity from your heart which then will elicit heavens attention. Do go worshipping because you want something for that is fakery. That will not touch heaven. Don’t kid yourself.
I throw you a challenge today.. for the next 21 days, worship, praise, give thanks. That is what the psalmist says ” put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness” you have to put it on. It will not just come on you.
Make no request. Just worship. Keep worship songs around you. To help you put on. Songs take your attention off your situation and unto God. When you look up to God, everything else becomes like ants before you.
As you continue, without your requesting for anything, you begin to see realignment taking place. Because where there is true worship, the Spirit of God inhabit. And where the spirit of God is, there is freedom.
Remember when Saul the king get troubled by demons, David will be invite to sing with instrument 🎸 and the devil will live and Saul will get better.
Read this *1 Samuel 16:14-23*
GOD’S WORD Translation
David Plays the Lyre for Saul
14 Now, the Lord’s Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15 Saul’s officials told him, “An evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Your Majesty, why don’t you command us to look for a man who can play the lyre well? When the evil spirit from God comes to you, he’ll strum a tune, and you’ll feel better.”
17 Saul told his officials, “Please find me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”
18 One of the officials said, “I know one of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem who can play well. He’s a courageous man and a warrior. He has a way with words, he is handsome, and the Lord is with him.”
19 Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
20 Jesse took six bushels of bread, a full wineskin, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul. 21 David came to Saul and served him. Saul loved him very much and made David his armorbearer. 22 Saul sent ⌞this message⌟ to Jesse, “Please let David stay with me because I have grown fond of him.”
23 Whenever God’s spirit came to Saul, David took the lyre and strummed a tune. Saul got relief ⌞from his terror⌟ and felt better, and the evil spirit left him.
Are you afraid, play music in your environment. Are you discouraged, play music in the environment and connect with it and worship.
No wonder, God called David a man after His heart. For several reasons- I decided to highlight four(4) of them.
If you talk of troubles,David had them plenty but he still kept his heart for God. We must do same!
*1) It says David brought God pleasure. That is our essence for living*
*2) David obeyed God. God can’t stand disobedience to His contract with us*
*3) David invented musical instruments, sang songs, danced till he got almost naked, the wife Micah despised him and God make her barren all her days. 2 Samuel 6:23*
*4) David wrote Poems unto God has part of worship. This was the passage the Holy Spirit brought to my attention today that warranted this title.*
Read this :
*Psalm 104*
The Passion Translation
Our Creator’s Compassion[a]
104 Everything I am will praise and bless the Lord!
O Lord, my God, your greatness takes my breath away,
overwhelming me by your majesty, beauty, and splendor![b]
2 You wrap yourself with a shimmering, glistening light.
You wear sunshine like a garment of glory.
You stretch out the starry skies like a tapestry.
3 You build your balconies with light beams
and ride as King in a chariot you made from clouds.
You fly upon the wings of the wind.
4 You make your messengers into winds of the Spirit,
and all your ministers become flames of fire.
5 You, our Creator, formed the earth,
and you hold it all together so it will never fall apart.
6 You poured the ocean depths over the planet,
submerging mountains beneath.
7 Yet at the sound of your thunder-shout
the waters all fled away, filling the deep with seas.
8 The mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed for them.
9 Then you set a boundary line for the seas
and commanded them not to trespass.
10 You sent springs cascading through the valleys,
flowing freely between the mountains and hills.
11 You provide drink for every living thing;
men and beasts[c] have their thirst quenched because of you.
12 The birds build nests near the tranquil streams,
chirping their joyous songs from the branches above.
13 From your kindness you send the rain to water the mountains
from the upper rooms of your palace.
Your goodness[d] brings forth fruit for all to enjoy.
14 Your compassion brings the earth’s harvest, feeding the hungry.
You cause the grass to grow for livestock,
along with the fruit, grains, and vegetables to feed mankind.
15 You provide sweet wine to gladden hearts.
You give us daily bread to sustain life,
giving us glowing health for our bodies.[e]
16 The trees of the Lord drink until they’re satisfied.
Lebanon’s lofty trees stand tall right where you planted them.
17 Within their branches you provide for birds
a place to build their nests;
even herons find a home in the cypress trees.
18 You make the high mountains a home for wild goats
and the rocky crag where the rock badgers burrow.
19 You made the moon to mark the months
and the sun to measure the days.
20 You turn off the light and it becomes night,
and all the beasts of the forest come out to prowl.
21 The mighty lions roar for their dinner,
but it’s you, God, who feeds them all.
22 At sunrise they slink back to their dens
to crouch down in the shadows.
23 Then man goes out to his labor and toil,
working from dawn to dusk.
24 O Lord, what an amazing variety of all you have created!
Wild and wonderful is this world you have made,
while wisdom was there at your side.
This world is full of so many creatures, yet each belongs to you!
25 And then there is the sea! So vast! So wide and deep—
swarming with countless forms of sea life, both small and great.
26 Trading ships glide through the high seas.
And look! There are the massive whales
bounding upon the waves.
27 All the creatures wait expectantly for you
to give them their food as you determine.
28 You come near and they all gather around,
feasting from your open hands,
and each is satisfied from your abundant supply.
29 But if you were to withhold from them and turn away,
they all would panic.
And when you choose to take away their breath,
each one dies and returns to the dust.
30 When you release your Spirit-Wind, life is created,
ready to replenish life upon the earth.
31 May God’s glorious splendor endure forever!
May the Lord take joy and pleasure in all that he has made.
32 For the earth’s overseer has the power to make it tremble;
just a touch of his finger and volcanoes erupt
as the earth shakes and melts.
33 I will sing my song to the Lord as long as I live!
Every day I will sing my praises to God.
34 May you be pleased with every sweet thought I have about you,
for you are the source of my joy and gladness.
35 Now, let all the sinners be swept from the earth.
But I will keep on praising you, my Lord, with all that is within me.
My joyous, blissful shouts of “Hallelujah” are all because of you!
Read this from Ethan on the contract God enacted with him by calling him a man after His heart and how the went against that contract and suffered for it.
*Psalm 89:1-37*
The Passion Translation
Will You Reject Us Forever?
Poems by Ethan the Ezrahite for instruction[a]
First Poem – God’s Promises to David
89 This forever-song I sing[b] of the gentle love of God!
Young and old alike will hear about
your faithful, steadfast love—never failing!
2 Here’s my chorus: “Your mercy grows through the ages.[c]
Your faithfulness is firm, rising up to the skies.”
3 I heard the Lord say, “My covenant has been made,
and I’m committed forever to my chosen one, David.
4 I have made my oath that there will be sons of David forever,
sons that are kings through every generation.”
Pause in his presence
5–6 Can you hear it? Heaven is filled with your praises, O Lord!
All the holy ones are praising you for your miracles.
The sons of God are all praising you for your mighty wonders.
We could search the skies forever and never find one like you.
All the mighty angels could not be compared to you.
7 You are a God who is greatly to be feared
as you preside over the council of holy ones.
You are surrounded by trembling ones
who are overwhelmed with fear and dread,
stunned as they stand in awe of you!
8 So awesome are you, O Yahweh, Lord God of Angel Armies!
Where could we find anyone as glorious as you?
Your faithfulness shines all around you!
9 You rule over oceans and the swelling seas.
When their stormy waves rise, you speak, and they lie still.[d]
10 You crushed the strongholds of Egypt,
and all your enemies were scattered
at the mighty display of your glory-power.
11 All the heavens and everything on earth belong to you,
for you are the Creator of all that is seen and unseen.
12 The four corners of the earth were put in place by you.
You made the majestic mountains
that are still shouting their praises to your name.
13 Breathtaking and awesome is your power!
Astounding and unbelievable
is your might and strength when it goes on display!
14 Your glorious throne rests on a foundation
of righteousness and just verdicts.
Grace and truth are the attendants who go before you.
15 O Lord, how blessed are the people
who know the triumphant shout,[e]
for they walk in the radiance of your presence.[f]
16 We can do nothing but leap for joy all day long,
for we know who you are and what you do,
and you’ve exalted us on high.
17 The glory of your splendor is our strength,
and your marvelous favor makes us even stronger,
lifting us even higher!
18 You are our King, the holiest one of all;
your wraparound presence is our protection.
Second Poem – God Keeps His Promises
19–20 You spoke to your prophets in visions, saying,
“I have found a mighty hero for my people.
I have chosen David as my loving servant and exalted him.
I have anointed him as king with the oil of my holiness.
21 I will be strength to him, and I will give him
my grace to sustain him no matter what comes.
22 None of his enemies will get the best of him,
nor will the wicked one overpower him.
23 For I will crush his every adversary
and do away with all who hate him.
24 Because I love him and treasure him,
my faithfulness will always protect him.
I will place my great favor upon him,
and I will cause his power and fame to increase.
25 I will set his hand over the sea
and his right hand over the rivers.
26 And he will come before me, saying,
‘You truly are my Father,[g] my only God, and my strong deliverer!’
27 I am setting him apart, favoring him as my firstborn son.
I will make him the most high king in all the earth!
28 I will love him forever and always show him kindness.
My covenant with him will never be broken.
29 For I have decreed that he will always have an heir—
a dynasty that will release the days of heaven on earth.
30–32 But if his children turn from me and forsake my words,
refusing to walk in my truth, renouncing and violating my laws,
then I will surely punish them for their sins
with my stern discipline until they regret it.
33 But I will never, no never, lift my faithful love from off their lives.
My kindness will prevail and I will never disown them.
34–35 How could I revoke my covenant of love that I promised David?
For I have given him my word, my holy, irrevocable word.
How could I lie to my loving servant David?
36–37 Sons of David will continue to reign on his throne,
and their kingdom will endure as long as the sun is in the sky.
This covenant will be an unbreakable promise that
I have established for all time.”
Pause in his presence
May God give us a heart of David today so that we will indeed bring God pleasure all the days of our lives in Jesus name, amen
*SHORT PRAYER FOR SELF-DELIVERANCE.*
“Lord Jesus Christ, I believe You died on the cross for my sins and rose again from the dead. You redeemed me by Your blood and I belong to You, and I want to live for You. I confess all my sins-known and unknown- I’m sorry for them all. I renounce them all. I forgive all others as I want You to forgive me. Forgive me now and cleanse me with Your blood. I thank You for the blood of Jesus Christ which cleanses me now from all sin. And I come to You now as my deliverer. You know my special needs-the thing that binds, that torments, that defiles; that evil spirit, that unclean spirit—I claim the promise of Your word, “Whosoever that calleth on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.” I call upon You now. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, deliver me and set me free. Satan, I renounce you and all your works. I lose myself from you, in the name of Jesus, and I command you to leave me right now in Jesus’ name. Amen!”
Let it come from your heart and see the salvation of the Lord!
*ARE YOU SICK OR A NEED FOR RESTORATION?*
For those who are sick or unwell in whatever shape or form, or needing deliverance? Or restoration, kindly touch the dot below in faith (Faith is seeing the precise positive outcome of your current situation, knowing that Jesus has done His part more than 2000 years ago to secure your healing and deliverance, restoration as a down payment, trusting that down payment is available to you to draw from, like a positive balance in your checking account with the bank, no questions asked as we agree with you and pronounce BE HEALED in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen)
By the authority, you have granted unto me and unto them, I exercise that authority now in faith with their anger against the enemy and hunger to get what you have freely given unto them all, I curse every illness, every disease, be it cancer, COVID 19, be it spirit of infirmities, be it demonic possession or oppression, be it the spirit of poverty, setbacks, delayed fulfilment of what God has already determined and released. We come against the anomaly, I bind them, we curse them to their root and we cast them out by authority in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. We call forth a release of healing, deliverances and restoration into their lives in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord for testimonies that are abiding to your glory and honour and adoration. Thank you for souls that are being added to Your kingdom as a result of this message, the miracles that we are already seeing right now and manifesting for your glory in Jesus name, Amen. It is done! Rejoice!
*Touch this spot highlighted as a point of contact and confess with your mouth – I AM HEALED, I AM DELIVERED and I AM RESTORED in my Spirit, Soul, Body and all around me in the name of JESUS Christ, Amen!!!*
Begin to do what you could not do before and begin to confess until full healing, deliverance restoration becomes a fruit in your life in Jesus name, amen. Stay hungry for all of God, stay angry and take back all that the enemy has held back in Jesus name, amen
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Shalom!
Amb. Monday O. Ogbe
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Originally posted on April 24, 2021 @ 6:32 am
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