June 1

Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:38—6:4 

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matt 5:44).

Love Your Enemies

Father God, cause your love to be shared abroad in our hearts. We all need love and to love one another according to your commandment. Father, sometimes we want to love but the spirit of retaliation gets in the way. Sometimes we want to give but the spirit of stinginess makes it difficult. Enable us, God of love, to love as we ought so that we will be your children indeed. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

How many times have we loved, even in the church, only to find our love abused, disregarded, or trampled? We are often left hurting and angry, desiring the same evil to befall the people we once loved. Now they have become our enemies, enemies who have viciously attacked us. Beloved, do you know that peace is the choice weapon during warfare? You will be victorious with a peaceful attitude. In spite of our hurt, God calls us to abstain from retaliating. He calls us to actively love and give to others.

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away” (Matt 5:38–42).

According to these verses, retaliation is not a Christian attitude. If someone has wronged you and your inclination is to retaliate, you are out of order! It does not matter if they hurt you first. I pray in the name of Jesus that the love of God will be so strong in your life that you will not be comfortable retaliating; rather, you will continue to suffer for Jesus’ sake if escape is impossible. God says that vengeance is His; it is God’s job to retaliate and bring about justice. It is far better for the God from whom justice originates to retaliate and avenge you of your enemy than for you to attempt it. If you retaliate, you will only shortchange yourself. Many have discovered that obeying God’s Word has brought about great promotion and blessings beyond comprehension.

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matt 5:42–45).

The Word of God encourages us to love and pray for our enemies, even to bless and do good unto them. Do not withhold good because you perceive that it will be done to someone who hates you. Is it your job to determine who deserves to be blessed? Is anyone too sinful for God to extend His grace? The Word says, where sin abounds, grace abounds even more (Rom 5:20). As God’s children, we should minister God’s grace to all. Pray for those who despitefully use you. If you are being despitefully used today, God is giving you an assignment. Pray for those who use or persecute you. God will reward you for your obedience, and you will be a wonder in this generation to the glory of God!

God even instructs us how to do good deeds. “Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly” (Matt 6:1–4).

When you want to show kindness to another person, do not do it before other people so that they can applaud. Do it in secret so that God, who knows all secrets, will reward you openly. There are many who constantly give, but they give so publicly that they get their reward—some sort of recognition—from men, rather than from God.

Prayer Points:

This counsel in God’s Word is available to the believer, the one who has accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Father God, I pray that the attitude of retaliation will be history in the lives of all your children. May we love our enemies in the name of Jesus. May we bless those who curse us. Give us the grace to do our alms in secret so that God will reward us openly.

June 2

Scripture Reading: Mark 12:31

“And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Whitney Houston sang, “Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.” I believe she was onto something. When the Bible says to love your neighbor as yourself, it means that you first must love yourself. Many people find it difficult to manifest love because they do not love themselves with the love of God.

God’s love is not the romantic love that a man and a woman have for one another. It is not the familial love that a mother has for her child or children have for their parents. The love of God is an agape love, unconditional love towards your fellow man. Beloved, you cannot show God’s love to your neighbor unless you extend it to yourself. In order to learn how to love ourselves, let us turn to the Bible’s description of the virtues of God’s love.

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away” (1 Cor 13:4–8).

Following these steps will help you learn to love yourself:

1. Be patient (or longsuffering) with yourself.

2. Be kind to yourself. Many of us are too hard on ourselves.

3. Do not be jealous against yourself by looking down on yourself and what you have. Some people are never satisfied with themselves, so they praise others while belittling themselves.

4. Do not be prideful. Prideful people are perpetually trying to prove a point about anything and everything. When you flaunt yourself your sprit-man is stressed and grieved. This explains why people feel empty after proving that they are greater than others.

5. Do not behave unseemly or in an unbecoming manner. Do not commit improper or rude acts towards yourself. Be well-mannered and manifest Christian character and decorum.

6. Be selfless. Serve others and you will restore peace to your soul. Most people feel good when they extend kindness. Be kind to yourself and reach out to other people because it gives you life, strength, and work.

7. Be not easily provoked. When you are provoked, you lose spiritual anointing and virtue. This is why you feel empty after expressing anger, and sometimes even feel disoriented like someone needing recovery from temporary madness.

8. Think no evil. When you think evil thoughts, you are inviting sicknesses into your life. Push all evil thoughts out of your mind. Do not rejoice in iniquity but in the truth because truth refreshes your spirit.

9. Bear all things. Believe the Word of God is true and hope in it, for the Word of God will give you a lively hope. Endure all things, for winners learn endurance to win the prize.

Analyze yourself today and ask yourself if you adhere to these nine virtues. I pray you will learn to love yourself with God’s agape love, in the name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

If you have never given your life to Jesus and received God’s Spirit, there is no way you can practice agape love. Please accept salvation today and pray, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins and write my name in the Book of Life. Give me the born-again experience and give me the grace to love myself so that I will be able to love my neighbor as myself.”

Father God, we cannot give what we do not have. Help us to love ourselves with your agape love so that we can give that kind of love to our neighbors. Give us the grace to bear all things and to be patient and kind to ourselves. Keep us from manifesting jealousy against ourselves, from being prideful, rude, self-seeking, and easily provoked. Help us to think no evil. Let us be winners, as we learn to love ourselves in the name of Jesus.

June 3

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:4–9

“That in everything ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that he come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 1:5–7).

Manifest Your Gift

Father God, thank you for the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Lord, there are many who have gifts but they have not unwrapped them. In your mercy, awaken the spiritual man within us so that the gifts you have given us will become manifest.

It is always precious to see young children eagerly anticipating opening their presents during Christmastime. Sometimes, the sight of their gifts under the Christmas tree is so tempting that they cannot sleep on Christmas Eve. Their only desire is to unwrap their gifts to see what they have received. Beloved, what good is it to receive gifts but never to unwrap them? Receivers and onlookers would never know what gifts were given. The same is true for the gifts of the Spirit with which God has endowed us.

The Word of God says that we should lack no gift. God has given every believer at least one gift. I pray that God will give you the grace to determine which of these gifts you have and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, it will become manifest for the profit of all in your life. “Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor 1:8–9). God in His wisdom has put in you that gift and is calling you to shine forth.

Certain gifts of the Spirit may seem foolish to some, but the gifting is the work of the cross. By Jesus’ atonement, you became qualified to receive the Holy Spirit and to manifest the gifts of the Spirit. God gave us gifts because He loves us. He is expecting a demonstration of the Spirit and His power to manifest in our lives so that our faith will not stem from the wisdom of men but from the power of God.

How can you determine your gifts? “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” (1 Cor 2:9–10).

I pray that the Spirit of God will come upon you and search for the deep things that God has deposited in you and that you will unwrap His gifts. Draw close to God so that the Spirit of God can work intimately within you. May the fruit of the Holy Spirit mature within you. The fruit of the Spirit has nine manifestations that should characterize every believer despite race, social class, or gender. These manifestations are: joy, given to you perpetually in spite of your circumstances; peace, deliverance from worry and anxieties about tomorrow; longsuffering; gentleness; goodness; faith; meekness; and temperance. When the fruit is mature, may you manifest the gifts and profit withal.

Prayer Points:

Experiencing God’s gifts is impossible except you become born again and receive the power of the Holy Spirit of the Living God through the atonement that Jesus made. Receive Jesus today by praying, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life and make the power of the Holy Spirit real to me in my generation.”

Heavenly Father, bless us indeed. Let your Holy Spirit come upon your people, Oh Lord. Let the fruit of the Spirit mature in me and let my spiritual gifts become manifest, whether they be word of wisdom, word of knowledge, faith, prophecy, healing, discerning spirits, tongues, interpreting tongues, or the working of miracles. Let them begin to manifest in our lives, Oh Living God, in the name of Jesus we pray.

June 4

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 8:18

“Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.”

Manifestation of Signs and Wonders

Father God, your wonderful works in our lives cause us to sing with joy. And no man can take our joy away because it is not based on our external circumstances but on the fruit of the Spirit within us. Thank you for the peace that passes all understanding. Thank you that in Christ Jesus our lives are full of wonders.

Christians often associate signs and wonders with great anointed ministers, those who have been set apart by God for service. But the Word of God has made it clear that all His children are born for signs and wonders. When we recognize what God has done for us through Jesus Christ, we can have a life full of wonders.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this” (Isa 9:6–7).

These verses became a reality with Jesus Christ: His birth, ministry, crucifixion, resurrection, and impartation of the Holy Spirit fulfilled the Scriptures. Once you surrender your life to Jesus, everything that is in Jesus Christ is meant to manifest in you.

Let us examine each of the names/prophecies of Jesus:

1. He is Wonderful. Just as the first name of our Lord Jesus is Wonderful, your first name should be wonderful as well. So, if you are Gina, in Christ you should be called “Wonderful Gina.”

2. He is a Counsellor. His Spirit within you will give you counsel.

3. He is a Mighty God. His might can overcome every challenge in your life.

4. He is an Everlasting Father. God is your Father who will never die.

5. He is the Prince of Peace. He is the peace that passes all understanding; the peace that you have in any situation.

6. Of his increase and of his government and peace there shall be no end

Jesus is the ultimate government.

You will manifest signs and wonders when you recognize what God has done for you, and also when you resolve to cleanse yourself of filthiness. Cleanse yourself of adultery and idolatry. After purification, the Holy Spirit will operate freely in the only way He knows how: in signs and wonders. Let the Holy Spirit take control of your life.

Remember, the Lord Jesus Himself wanted to manifest signs and wonders in the temple. But upon entering the temple, Jesus found people participating in improper exchanges, so He drove out all the traders and moneychangers; He purged the temple of all impurity and then began to perform miracles (Matt 21:12–14). You are the temple of the Holy Spirit; therefore, drive out the moneychangers within. Drive out the impurities by the power of the Holy Spirit and begin to manifest signs and wonders. Become the wonderful you that you are meant to be in Christ. May this be a reality in your life forever, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer Points:

If you have never given your life to Jesus and received the Holy Spirit, there is no way you can be called “wonderful.” You need the Holy Spirit to generate wonders in your life. Pray along with me, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you now. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life. Give me the born-again experience and let me also be wonderful like my Father.”

Oh Father God Almighty, I pray for the grace of cleansing for your children. Give us the grace to examine ourselves, to be purified for you. Father God, let the reality of signs and wonders happen to us in this generation in Jesus’ name. Amen.

June 5

Scripture Reading: John 21:15–23

“Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me” (John 21:20–22).

Mind Your Business

We bless you, Lord, and give you glory for the privilege of understanding your Word. King of kings and Lord of lords, whom you love, you chastise; whom you love, you correct. You correct, not for condemnation, but for improvement. You know who we ought to be and who we are now. Father, in your mercy, upgrade us through your Word.

Have you ever known someone who always concerned himself with other people’s issues? It appears as though this person is not content unless he is trying to solve someone else’s problems. But instead of solving problems, he is wasting his time. Rather, we should focus on our own assignments from the Lord. In these passages, Peter had denied the Lord Jesus three times and Jesus was working with him on his redemption and forgiveness.

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs” (John 21:15). Twice more Jesus asked the question, Peter repeated his answer, and Jesus responded, “Feed my sheep” (John 21:16–17). Jesus continued, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me” (John 21:18–19).

Since Peter had denied Jesus three times, Jesus, in His love, prompted Peter to affirm his love of Jesus three times. Jesus then gave Peter clear instructions: feed my lambs, feed my sheep, and follow me. Peter did not ask, “How am I to feed your lambs after you are gone?’ or “What do you mean by feed your lambs?” or “What will it take to follow you?” Instead of concentrating on his own ministry, Peter wanted to know about John’s life (John 21:20–21). Does that remind us of ourselves sometimes? But Jesus clearly rebuked Peter for this type of behavior: “Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?” (John 21:22–23).

Peter was minding John’s business, rather than focusing on his own ministry and the Lord called him on it. Like Peter, many of us have things we should be doing for God, but we are not doing them because we are too busy concerning ourselves with other people’s actions. This is a stronghold of which we need to be mindful. Pray for deliverance from this busybody spirit. I urge you today to focus on your own restoration. Jesus, in His mercy and love, calls us all to restoration. Just as He asked Peter if he loved Him more than the distractions, Jesus asks you the same question. If you are minding the business of others it is distracting you from your call, your ministry, your service to the Lord. It is a diversion, an evil diversion. I ask in the name of Jesus that God will give us a divine deliverance from all evil diversions. May the diversions be replaced with the direction of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer Points:

Father God, forgive us from every diversion. Forgive your children for we have involved ourselves in other people’s business. Whenever we want to involve ourselves in something that is not directly related to the assignment you have given us, give us the grace to remember Peter and make the appropriate corrections in the name of Jesus. Bless us with the direction of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

June 6

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 28:2–13

“And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God” (Deut 28:2).

Multiple Breakthroughs

Father God, we pray for open heavens. In the name of Jesus, we pray for multiple blessings and breakthroughs; we pray for divine deliverance, divine increase, divine enlargement. Bless us, Oh Lord God Almighty, in a way that only you can bless. Whatever you open, no man can shut; whatever you release, no man can seize; whatever you pour out, no man can withhold.

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth” (Rev 3:7).

Father God Almighty, in your mercy and love, open the doors that need to be opened and pour out blessings more than your children have room to receive. Hasten to perform what is written in your Word. Bow down thy ear, Oh Lord, and hear us speedily for you are our strong rock.

Father God Almighty, we pray against every power that boasts against your power in our lives. You are our house of defense. Let every power chasing away our blessings be paralyzed. Deliver us from the oppressor. Avenge your people; if enemies come one way, let them flee before us in seven ways. Father God, we seal our victory with the blood of Jesus.

Father, let the second touch of your power fall upon us now in the name of Jesus. Give us a divine prescription for every problem we face. Let your Word break all the curses of leaking blessings that operate in the lives of your children. Let our ground, our baskets, our bank accounts, and our stores be blessed. Oh Lord, blind every evil eye monitoring the bank accounts of the children of the Living God, particularly the tithing children. Father God, we show to you the empty bank accounts and pray in the name of Jesus for a divine release of blessings into these accounts from the north, south, east, and west.

Let the light of your children break forth as the morning and our health spring forth speedily in Jesus’ name. Give us the grace to reject spiritual contamination, Lord God, and deliver us from being bad examples. Give us the grace to locate the defects in our lives and purge everything that prevents us from receiving breakthroughs. Father, let your fire fall upon us and purge away every spiritual clog.

Father, let your righteousness go before us in Jesus’ name. Let your glory be our reward. Establish us as a holy people unto yourself. In your mercy and love, cause us to walk in your ways perpetually. Let all the people of the earth see that we are called by your name and let them be afraid.

Father God, ignite our prayer life. Empower your people to pray according to your Word because your Word clearly reveals the blessings you have for us: “Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them” (Deut 28:3–13).

Let us be blessed in the field of our work. Let us be blessed when we come in and when we go out. Father God Almighty, let us be plenteous in the fruit of our body, our cattle, the land that you swore to give us, and in our goods. Open unto us your good treasure. Let the heavens give rain unto the land in season and bless the works of our hands. Let us lend to nations and not borrow. Make us the head and not the tail. Let us be above, never beneath. Father, give us the grace to hearken unto your commandments and experience these blessings in the name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

If you have never given your life to Jesus, pray along with me, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins and write my name in the Book of Life. Open heavens for me, Lord, and release to me multiple blessings in the name of Jesus. Amen.”

June 7

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 8:18

“Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.”

Prayer for Signs and Wonders

Father God, we worship you because of who you are. We soak ourselves in the blood of Jesus, and we pray that in our lives you manifest your desire for us to be signs and wonders.

Beloved, do you want to be a sign and a wonder in your generation? If this is your desire, be encouraged because it is God’s desire as well. Let us pray that He manifest this in our lives.

Pray that:

• God Almighty will evolve you into a sign, someone of spiritual significance that will make unbelievers believe in God.
• The Lord will put a division between you and the people of the world, like He did when He saved Israel from captivity in Egypt.
• God will sanctify you in body, soul, and spirit; that He will give you the grace to keep His Sabbath and have regular times of rest and refreshing in His presence.
• Your offering of worship to God will be hallowed.
• God will give you the grace to have His Word ever before you and let His Word prosper in your hands.
• God’s Word will manifest powerfully in your life and in the lives of others in your generation.
• Jesus will forever be the cornerstone upon which you and the rest of your generation build.
• God will give you the unction to pray. God will talk to you clearly, not through parables and mysteries.
• The Lord will deliver you and your children from sudden death and battle in Jesus’ name; that you and your children would fulfill your days and live forever with God in eternity.
• God will destroy every evil altar set up against you by the enemy in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus, so all would know that you are God’s anointed and the apple of His eye.

Prayer Points:

I pray that all your children will begin to experience a new level of signs and wonders as we go from glory to glory by the power of the Holy Spirit. Oh Lord, show us a personal sign of your healing and deliverance. Father, let your children recover from any loss and sickness. Let every evil pursuer in our lives go into captivity. Set your fire against every evil agent and oppressor in the lives of your children. I pray for deep deliverance and huge blessings in the name of Jesus.

Circumcise our hearts and remove every contamination as a sign of our belonging to you. Bless us with the grace to open our mouths to speak your Word. Continue the wonderful work of your Holy Spirit in salvation, sanctification, and anointing in the lives of your children. Father God, let us experience your glory by remembering the wonders of Jesus. Grant us a wonderful supernatural understanding of the times; decode to us the signs you send to the world during this end time.

Let signs and wonders in our lives come now in Jesus’ name. Do a marvelous work in our lives that will confound the wise, Oh Lord. Do it, Holy Father, to your glory. Oh, let your grace be amazing in the lives of your children.

June 8

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 1:10

“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”

Prayer Warfare for a Breakthrough I: Victory is Mine

Father God, you are truly glorious. You reign in splendor and victory. Decorate our lives with the royal treatment—red carpet, acknowledgement, honor, glory—you received when you rode on the donkey into Jerusalem.

Some of us are beginning to understand how great we are and how powerful we can be in the Lord. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they are mighty through God in the pulling down of strongholds (2 Cor 10:4). Today, release from negative foundational strongholds has come for you. Let the Word in Jeremiah be true; the time has come to uproot everything in your life that is not of God so that the enemy may no longer oppress.

Pray in the matchless name of Jesus. Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. Cover my family and me with the blood of Jesus. Through the cover of the blood of Jesus and through the cover of the shadow of the Most High God, I remove myself from every evil device set in motion against me beginning from my childhood. I disconnect myself from everything that has been planted into my life, consciously or unconsciously, known or unknown to me, that God did not plant.

Every tree that the Lord God, my Creator and heavenly Father has not planted in my life, let the fire of the Holy Spirit burn it from its root to its fruit. I uproot you today in the name of Jesus. Get out now you root of fear that the Lord did not plant in my life. Everything that is not of God in my life, I pull you down, I destroy you, I burn you to ashes with the fire of the Holy Ghost. From today you devil’s agents, you witchcraft power, you charm, you will not work anymore against me for I am a child of God covered in the triumphant blood of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, your kingdom is divided and finished in my life.

I celebrate victory in Jesus Christ as I reflect on the words of this hymn: “Jehovah is your name, Jehovah is your name, Jehovah is your name, mighty warrior, great in battle, Jehovah is your name.  Jehovah is your name, mighty warrior, great in battle, Jehovah is your name. You are mighty, great in battle, El Shaddai is your name. God does not die, God does not fail.

As I uproot and burn every evil tare, Father, I build and plant the fruit of the life of God. I build and plant the thoughts of God, the building and structure of the order of the Living God upon the foundation of my life. Fill my life with good things, Oh Lord Almighty; fill it with your favor. In the name of Jesus, I fill every area of my life with the triumphant entry of Jesus, the rule of God. I bring my life to the obedience of Christ. I have a firm, permanent foundation.

All glory, all honor, all power belong to you, Holy Father. From today, no height will be too high for me as a child of God; no blessing will be too much for me; no age will be too ripe; no health will be unrealistic; no vision will be impossible. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13). Yes, the hymn is true: “I wax greater and greater and greater and greater each day. I am in love with Jesus and filled with the spirit and greater is He that is in me. I wax greater and greater and greater because I am filled with the Holy Ghost so don’t judge me by my yesterday because I wax much greater each day because I am in love with Jesus, fill in the spirit and greater is He that is me. I wax greater and greater because I am filled with the Holy Ghost so don’t judge me by my yesterday.

With the blessing of a healthy foundation that is now my portion, I decree that the tree of my life will bloom and blossom and bring forth almonds like the rod of Aaron on the altar of the Living God. Yes, Jehovah let your kingdom come. Come and manifest your power, God Almighty. Lord, let your Word work, let it rule in my life.

Prayer Points:

Heavenly Father, cause the lives of your children to be a perpetual triumph. Let these lives reveal the spoiling of principalities whenever they dare to approach. From this day forward, let us destroy every evil power that comes near. From this day forward, I decree that no enchantment, no divination, no witchcraft will work against us because we are called of God in the name of Jesus.

June 9

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 1:10

“See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”

Prayer Warfare for a Breakthrough II: Deliverance and Restoration

Adonai, we worship you, Son of God. You are so good, Almighty God. Hallowed be your name. Your dominion is forevermore.

This hymn speaks the truth, but many of us have not experienced it because we have tied the hands of God in our lives so He cannot work freely. Today is the day of liberty. Our restoration and deliverance has come through the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray now:

I untie your hands in my life, Oh Lord, have your way; I am ready. Nothing is too difficult for me now; I can do all things because you have strengthened me. Lord God, I am walking into a new dimension. Your sacrifice, your atonement will not be in vain in my life in the name of Jesus. Jesus loves me; He saved my soul and made me whole. 

Today I pray for deliverance from our “Absaloms.” This unprofitable, inordinate, unprogressive love must die today in the name of Jesus for it is a love for the contrary. David, bound by unprofitable love for his son Absalom, instructed his soldiers not to kill his son though Absalom had dethroned him. Father God, let me not be bound like David, pampering the Absaloms in my life. My Absaloms may be tobacco, alcohol, gossip, or analysis. They may be unprofitable discussions or unprofitable associations, but whatever my Absaloms, let them die tonight. Jesus, I empower you to fight on my behalf because only the power of your Holy Spirit knows how to fight, drown, burn, or pound with ice to destroy. Only He can dig a deep, inescapable pit for my enemies. Lord, I want to manifest your glory, but I cannot do so with the Absaloms in my life. Oh gracious Father, deliver me today.

My faithful, powerful, precious Living God, I ask that you restore to me the years the locusts (enemies) have eaten from my life (Joel 2:25). I pray for a divine restoration. As the sun did for Joshua, Lord, let the sun stand still for me; let the moon stay in the valley until my restoration is totally accomplished in the physical, spiritual, social, and financial realms (Josh 10:12). Oh Father God, thank you for a new day has dawned; it will be a transformation in my life.

Restore to me all that has been taken away from me with or without my knowledge. Help me to fulfill my days and accomplish my mission in the name of Jesus. I pray for the restoration of stolen vision, information, senses, wisdom, revelation, and understanding. Father we thank you because nothing is impossible for you.

Father God, my ax-head has drowned. Lord, the ax-head of the prophet was restored by a stick, which represents your cross, and the iron did swim.  Father, let the power of restoration, the power of crucifixion, the power of atonement, restore every drowned ax-head so that my life will begin to operate with the success of its cutting edge in the name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

You cannot pray like this except Jesus and His Holy Spirit helps you. Surrender your life to Jesus now and receive His Holy Spirit, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life and let me qualify to pray intensely for deliverance and restoration in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Thank you Lord, for you are always on our side. Thank you for Jesus’ work of atonement on the cross; thank you for deliverance and restoration.

June 10

Scripture Reading: Psalm 77:6

“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.”

Prayer Songs

Father God, draw all your people close to you through prayer songs. Bless your children who are hungry for you and desire intimacy with you but do not know how to accomplish this. Lord, help your children.

Sometimes we have so many things that we want to pray about but we cannot find the words to express them. We want to pour out our hearts to God but the words just get in the way. Times like these necessitate the singing of prayer songs. These songs are actually prayers that meet our spiritual needs. Like the Psalms, they communicate supplications in songs. I pray that God will give you revelations of prayer songs.

What is your supplication today? There are some who have lost virtues, property, gifts, or tools that they need to move to the next level. I pray that the cross of Jesus will work on their behalf and bring back a redemption and restoration in the name of Jesus. To those who are having family challenges, such as disobedient children or disconnected siblings, I pray that the power of the Holy Spirit will bring a restoration of unity of love of a divine harmony and that it would flow in that family in the name of Jesus.

There are many Christians who are not being completely led by the Holy Spirit; they are working with the Lord in their own way. I pray in Jesus’ name that the attributes of the bride will become a reality in the lives of those who desire to be the bride of Christ in the name of Jesus.

There are many who need showers of blessings. God’s Word says that there shall be showers of blessings and this is the promise of love. I pray for these showers— enablement from above—divine provision, and godly abundance. Lord, let this be a reality in the lives of all who desire to do your will and prosper in the name of Jesus.

You may have a pending prayer request, but remember, our God is the God of the “suddenly’s.” He can suddenly do a quick and powerful work to bring about victory in the name of Jesus. I pray that when the battles are raging, there will be total victory in the lives of all God’s children.

Beloved, pray to God today. There are many ways to pray: write your prayer requests to Him, say words, or sing with or without musical accompaniment. Prayer songs originate from deep within the spirit of the writer and the singer and they are the work of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer Points:

Only by the power of the Holy Spirit can you pray in songs, but you cannot have the Holy Spirit unless you accept Jesus as your personal Savior. Therefore, pray with me if you have never given your life to Jesus, “Dear Lord, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood and write my name in the Book of Life. Give me the born again-experience, fill me with your Holy Spirit, and let me experience intimacy with you in a way that only you can give.”

Lord Jesus, draw your children close to you through prayer songs. Help those who are crying out for help. Help those parents who have lost the respect of their children. God Almighty, cause their rod of authority to bloom and blossom and bring forth almonds like Aaron’s rod in the book of Numbers. Oh Lord, bless your children with the attributes of the bride; shower us with blessings, gifts, and empowerment for our ministries. Clothe us with the garment of righteousness that it will be clear in this generation that we are people of God. Reconnect us to you. Oh Father God, answer the prayers that we cannot speak. Above all, remember that we love you more than we can ever sing, tell, or act. We appreciate your sacrifice. Thank you for Jesus.

June 11

Scripture Reading: Psalm 108

“I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations” (Ps 108:3).

Praising God

Wonderful Jesus, gracious Living God, the Alpha and the Omega, the eternal Rock of Ages, the I am that I am, the soon-returning King, Lord Jesus we worship your majesty. Holy Father, you are a faithful God, a powerful God, an omnipresent God, and an omnipotent God. Great is your name and it is greatly to be praised.

“O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies” (Ps 108).

We often praise people because of what they have done or because of their character. Our praise to God should be no different. When we praise Him, the object and total focus of our praise must be God Himself. Praise His character as expressed in His hidden names. To God’s children, He has multiple and meaningful names: Jehovah for “covenant father”; Jehovah Shalom for “God of my peace”; Jehovah Shamaah for “my ever-present God”; Jehovah El-Shaddai for “the all-sufficient One”; Jehovah Roi for “God my shepherd.” Calling His deep names and praising Him will cause God to honor your praise.

When you are praising God, meditate on what He has done. Then begin to praise His power, His wonderful works, and His lovingkindness in your life. How often should you praise God? Praise Him daily; praise Him even continually at least seven times a day. Yes, praise Him at midnight, in the morning, and throughout the day.

There are different kinds of praise, specific to each individual. The praise that David gave to God was of total freedom and fervor. His wife looked at him as though he was dancing disgracefully like a common man, but he said he was praising God. David’s son, Solomon, learned from him and praised God fervently also. He praised by sacrificing a thousand burnt offerings when twenty would have been enough. I pray that God will give you your particular kind of praise so that you praise God zealously and please Him with that praise.

Praise can be verbal or musical or a combination of both. There are three different types of music: sensual, soul, and spirit. Music for the body is sensual and gratifies the flesh. It is very popular in the unsaved world but it offends the spirit that is saved. Music for the soul uplifts us emotionally. In the days when African-Americans were facing severe hardship, they sang these songs for encouragement. While this music refreshes your soul, the ultimate note of music is for the spirit. This music is for God; it edifies the spirit and increases intimacy with God because you contact God with your spirit. I pray that God will give you the grace to separate between the three different types of music so that you may praise His holy name.

Prayer Points:

Praising God is easy for those who are filled with the Holy Spirit. But for those who do not have His Holy Spirit operating actively in them, praise is difficult. If you have never given your life to Jesus and received His Holy Spirit, pray with me, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life. Fill me with the Holy Spirit and give me the grace to keep praising God in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Father God Almighty, tune our hearts to sing your praise because you alone are worthy. Thank you for all you have done, all you are doing, and all you will do. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Lord, continue your lovingkindness. Take all the glory, honor, and adoration; it all belongs to you.

June 12

Scripture Reading: Acts 5:12–15

“Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them” (Acts 5:15).

Peter’s Shadow

Father God, we thank you for the atonement. Thank you for everything you have done for us. Thank you for enduring the pain of the cross, despising the shame. Oh Lord, thank you for agreeing to come into this world, to die; yes, for going into hell and hate and overcoming principalities and powers and making a show of them. Thank you for descending to ascend for victory. Lord we pray that your atonement on the cross will not be in vain in the life of any one of us.

People often associate the supernatural with spooky, sinister, even fantastical things that only occur on television. However, it is the supernatural that caused the Son of God to come and to die for you and me. It is the supernatural that caused Him to resurrect and bring victory for us. It is the supernatural that is healing us, bringing deliverance, and bringing salvation today. Let us read about the supernatural wonders of our Living God.

“And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women)” (Acts 5:12–14). Not only were the local sick people brought into the streets, but “There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one” (Acts 5:16).

God of the supernatural healed in those days. Our God of the supernatural is the God that does not change; He still loves us and He is still on the throne. What He did yesterday, He is able to do today, and will also do tomorrow. May healings happen again in our generation to the glory of the Living God.

Just the passing of Peter’s shadow that overshadowed the people brought about healing of unclean spirits and other sicknesses. Do you know that the shadow of Peter was the shadow of the Most High? The shadow that heals, this shadow that was causing the healing manifested in Peter’s time and in Peter’s ministry, was the shadow that the Lord spoke about in Psalm 91:

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation” (Ps 91).

Peter was working under the shadow of the Almighty and since he was perpetually under the Lord’s shadow, it is imaginable that the shadow of the Almighty was with him everywhere he went. Under the shadow of the Most High he was blessed enough to be a blessing to others. So when Peter walked among the sick, the shadow of the Almighty did the healing.

Beloved, under whose shadow are you? I pray that God will transport us to that location in Psalm 91 where we dwell in the secret place of the Most High. Many of us have dwelt in the public place of the Most High, but it is not as secure as His secret place. Consider the public place of your home: your living room, where guests are entertained. Your bedroom is your secret place. Where are you in God’s house? Are you in His public place or are you in His secret place? If you are in the secret place of the Most High then your address will perpetually be under His shadow. Let us get into that secret place of the Most High so that wherever we go God goes also. Remember, with God, nothing shall be impossible.

Prayer Points:

Dear Lord, let me work under your shadow. Let me be perpetually covered by you. Oh Living Father, I pray that the supernatural will begin to manifest in our generation in a great way, so that your children will be proof that your Word works. Lord, be magnified even in our time. In Jesus’ name we pray.

June 13

Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:19–21

“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft . . . of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Overcoming Witchcraft

Father God, we pray in the name of Jesus that in our lives all glory and honor be unto you. We thank you for all you have done, for all you are doing, and for all you will do. Blessed be your holy name.

In the past, when people practiced witchcraft they had to do it in hiding, but not in this day and age. Instead, they carry on like it is fashionable. Witchcraft is not just consulting mediums. Witchcraft is counterfeit spiritual authority; it is using a spirit other than the Holy Spirit to dominate, manipulate, influence, or control others. In its basic form, emotional pressure is used to gain influence or manipulate others. We see it when businesspeople put pressure on others in order to control someone. The Word of God says: “He [the Lord] suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm” (Ps 105:14–15).

Are you the anointed of God, born again, filled with the Spirit of God? Are you led by the Holy Spirit; baptized with the Holy Spirit? Do you know the fruit of the Spirit? Do you know your gifts from the Holy Spirit? If you are a child of God, the Lord is saying to all who oppress you or try to depress or influence you negatively, “Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.” I pray today that no influence of witchcraft will oppress you anymore and that God will give you the grace to overcome witchcraft, “because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Witchcraft is one of the works of the flesh listed in Galatians 5:20 that we must overcome. It can be practiced on people consciously or unconsciously. Whenever we manipulate to gain influence or use a so-called “higher power” to enlist service, even for the work of God, it is witchcraft. I pray that God will deliver us from any authority or influence that we gain by our own manipulation or self-promotion, so that it will not be a stumbling block to us. I pray that God will deliver us from fake and counterfeit authority and give us the grace to receive true authority from God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

When you are under the influence of witchcraft, all kinds of things happen to you. Discouragement, and then confusion, set in. Next, you get depressed, lose your vision, become discontent, withdraw, fall into despair, and finally, become defeated. But there is hope because you can overcome by the blood of the lamb. First you must free yourself from every spirit of controlling others or manipulating others in any form so that you can worship God in truth and spirit. Denounce this authority today so that God can deliver you from the people who are controlling you. If you are manipulating someone, it is the sin of witchcraft. You do not need to go to a shrine or the occult to practice witchcraft. If you enjoy employing that false authority over people, denounce it today in the name of Jesus and set the people under your control free.

I pray along with you today that God will deliver you from every form of witchcraft, influence, and oppression in the name of Jesus. I pray that the Word of God will intervene now and eliminate the influence of any manner of witchcraft that has oppressed or molested you in the name of Jesus. If you are born again, decree that you are the anointed of God and that no one can do you harm. Decree in the name of Jesus that no one can touch you or oppress you. Be free from the spirit of witchcraft in Jesus’ name.

Prayer Points:

You cannot be set free from the influence of witchcraft until you give your life to Jesus. If you have never done so, pray with me now, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with the blood of Jesus. Write my name in the Book of Life. Give me the born-again experience. Fill me with the Holy Spirit and deliver me from every kind of witchcraft influence in Jesus’ name.”

Oh Lord Jesus, you came to set the captives free. I pray in the name of Jesus that anyone who is being oppressed by witchcraft be set free today. Oh Father God Almighty, let your people be free for who the Son sets free is free indeed.

June 14

Scripture Reading: Psalm 81:10

“I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.”

Open Your Mouth Wide

Father God, we owe you so much more than we can ever repay. Thank you for our Lord Jesus Christ and for the privilege of life today. Thank you because you are a faithful God and having loved your own, you love them to the end. Lord, thank you for your Book of blessings and inspirations, your Book of direction and counsel, your Book that is all encompassing: the Holy Bible.

Have you ever tried to feed a baby whose teeth are clenched? We are like babies in the hands of God. There is so much He wants to give us spiritually, physically, financially, psychologically, and socially, yet our mouths are closed.

God’s Word in Psalm 81:10 is a deep and awesome promise for those He has redeemed, for those He has brought out of the land of Egypt, for those whose souls He has saved. He says, “I am the Lord your God. You did not come out of the world by your power. You did not come out of the world by your self-discipline. You came out of the world because I brought you out. I brought you out of the land of Egypt into this promised land of salvation. I am instructing you now to open your mouth wide and I will fill it.” When God says open your mouth wide, it implies that some of His children do not open their mouths wide enough to receive the blessings that God has purposed for them.

How do you open your mouth wide? Open your mouth wide in prayer. You are praying to a king so bring before Him large petitions. Describe your best-case scenario and lift it up before God. I always say that if your prayer does not sound ridiculous to you then you have not opened your mouth wide. If what you are praying for is what your mind can accommodate, just imagine how much you are cheating God.

Open your mouth wide in praise. Many Christians can only praise God from a hymn, but have difficulty communicating praise to God from their own heart. Beloved, begin to tell God how you appreciate Him. Declare His majesty. Do not be afraid to do spontaneous things in praise to God. I encourage you today to open your mouth wide to God and freely praise Him so that He can fill you with His blessings.

Open your mouth wide in prophecies. What does it mean to prophesy? Declare to yourself the promises of God found in the Bible. There are so many promises in the Bible that we need to prophesy to ourselves. Start today.

Prayer Points:

I pray that God will give you the grace to open your mouth wide in prayer, praise, and in prophecies. Father God, thank you for you are a gracious Father who wants to bless us, your children. Give us the grace to open our mouths wide in prayer, praise, and prophecy so that you can fill it to the glory of your name in this generation.

June 15

Scripture Reading: Galatians 2:20

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Nevertheless, I Live

Father God, we give you all the glory and we ask that you revive us again. Lord, we need a Holy Ghost revival personally in our lives and corporately in our churches. Let your Holy Spirit come and have His way.

Are you born again but still alive to the sins of your past? Are you born again, but still entrenched in your old realm: on top of every gossip, every scandal, every development? You cannot be on an airplane traveling to your destination and still be listening to conversations at the airport. You are either in flight or you are still on the ground. If you have taken off, you have been crucified with Christ and the life you live now is totally in Him. Being crucified yet alive is only possible through the leading and working of the Holy Spirit. You must crucify the works of the flesh in your life if you truly want to be led by the Holy Spirit, to experience the blessings of sonship, the blessings that are in the Word of God. You need to say to yourself, “I have got to die to my flesh, to all the things that hold me down.” Only when you are dead, finished with all the madness of your past, will you truly live.

Paul experienced this death. Paul the lawyer, the one persecuting Christians, the one holding the garments of those who stoned Stephen, the zealot, the Jew, Paul who was well-known in high society had died. He said he was crucified with Christ; nevertheless, he lived. He was indeed alive; that it how and why he could write all he wrote for our benefit. The Paul who wrote it was not the old Paul. That Paul died.

Unless you first die to yourself, your culture, and the sins that easily beset you, you cannot be led by the Holy Spirit. Anyone who wants to be led by the Spirit of God must know the exact date when he has died. This is why we call accepting Jesus a born-again experience. That old person dies and you are born as a new creature without condemnation. Through the Holy Spirit, God can then lead you to a new destination, away from your old ways. If the past comes to you demanding that you return to your old ways, respond by saying, “There can be no demand on the dead, because I already died and the person you are seeing is now alive only in Christ Jesus.” Your sins were nailed to the cross and the past is finished. Indeed, you died with Christ at Calvary and the life you now live is for Christ Jesus.

Are you crucified with Christ or are you just living your life in the way that suits you? Are you born again but still living in past sins? Oh Living God, we need grace to die to the flesh and to live in Christ. Living God, pour out that grace in us in Jesus’ name.

Prayer Points:

If you have never given your life to Jesus, then you are not crucified with Christ. Pray with me, “Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with the blood of Jesus. I agree to be crucified with Christ so that I will be resurrected and live that life in Christ Jesus to the glory of God.”

Father God, you have said in your Word that as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God and we know that the sons are joint heirs with Christ Jesus. We know that the sons inherit all the blessings, but we are not walking in that revelation because we have refused to die. Lord, give us the grace to die to self. Give us the grace to be crucified with Christ but to nevertheless live in Christ.

June 16

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 26:9–11

“And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.”

Wisdom of Reverence

Father God, you are all we need or want. Lord, we pray for the reality of your presence in our lives. Let your presence make us whole so that we can think wholesome thoughts and do the right thing. Give us the wisdom to let you avenge our anointed enemies. Give us the grace not to avenge for ourselves. Oh Holy Father, give us that revelation individually in our challenges so that the man of the earth will no longer oppress us in Jesus’ name.

Today I speak particularly to those who are feeling spiritually oppressed by someone. Perhaps the oppressor is a pastor or a leader in a ministry. It is best that you do not deal with this person because he or she is anointed. Perhaps you are in a corporation and the chief executive is after you. It is foolish to retaliate; this person is anointed by God to be in an authoritative position. Instead, give it to God and let God deal with that enemy. This is what David did with Saul, the king.

David’s strong enemy was Saul, an anointed authority of Israel. Though Saul had tried to kill David numerous times, David suppressed the urge to avenge himself; he did not try to kill Saul in return. In fact, David had the wisdom not to laugh at the fall of Saul; rather, he genuinely mourned his death. He left all vindication to God.

When God deals with your enemy, you will feel so sorry for that person that you will cry for your enemy. When you deal with your enemy yourself, you will be history if the enemy is a strong one. The word of wisdom in this message is that you allow God to deal with your enemies. You do that by reverencing the anointing of leadership. Do not complain about, abuse, or ruin that leader. Instead, pray that God will forgive everything you have done against any spiritually anointed authoritative enemy. Pray that you will hand them over to God the way David did.

There are at least five blessings of handing over your enemies to God.

1. You will please God.

When a man’s way pleases the Lord, He causes his enemies to be at peace with him (Prov 16:7). Beloved, peace accompanies you when you please God. God will bring peace into your situation because He is the Prince of Peace. But you must first totally surrender your challenge to Him. Please God by increasing your prayer for your enemies.

2. God will protect you.

When God sees that you are not doing what your flesh wants to do to hurt your enemy, He will bring about His protection. All His forces and defenses will protect you spiritually, physically, financially, and in every other realm.

3. God will promote you.

David got promoted each time he reverenced the anointing in Saul’s life because God was pleased with him.

4. God will deliver you from sin.

The enemy will always give you justification to sin. But, if you react to the provocation of your strong enemy, you will fall into sin: into anger and evil action. If you bypass it, God will intervene. He will deliver you from the trap and punishments of sin.

5. You will have a pure conscience.

You will be pure because you have not fallen into sin.

Beloved, this path is a higher way. I am encouraging you today to understand that God knows the oppression you are experiencing every day and He will deliver you with a mighty hand, but do not sin against God.

Prayer Points:

You can do this only with the power of the Holy Spirit and you cannot get the power of the Spirit without giving your life to Jesus. If you have never done so, pray with me, “Dear Lord Jesus, I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life and fill me with your Holy Spirit. Oh Lord, in my life be magnified; fight for me and let me hold my peace in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Father God, give your children the grace to reverence the anointing of those you have placed in authority even if they are our enemies. Help us to keep from avenging, but to trust you to avenge us.

June 17

Scripture Reading: John 10:27–28

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”

The Lord’s Sheep

Father God, we praise you for you are Jehovah Roi, the Lord our shepherd. Give us the grace to believe you, to trust you, and to follow you wherever you lead. Let us be the Lord’s sheep in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Have you ever seen sheep on a farm? Sheep are domesticated and gentle; they are not wild. They need to be led by someone who will provide love and protection. Many animals can make it on their own, but this is not the case for sheep. The Lord often likens His people to sheep: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever” (Ps 23).

This is a very famous psalm written by David, the shepherd boy. He was able to proclaim that the Lord was his shepherd and therefore, he would not want for anything. Can you say the same? The Lord’s sheep are those who know by experience that the Lord is their shepherd and they shall not want. They personally experience the shepherding of God as described in the passage; therefore, they call Him Abba, Father. May He be your shepherd in a new way from today onwards in the name of Jesus.

The Lord’s sheep have testimonies of the Lord’s leading. Recently, I was about to board a plane and the Lord ministered to me that I should not go, that the plane would not fly to my destination, New York. So, I retrieved my bags and took a flight that left twelve hours later. Halfway to my destination, I learned that all who had left earlier could not travel because there had been a snowstorm in New York. However, my later flight was one of the first to land after the storm. It had not made sense to me earlier, but the shepherding of the Lord brought me through by His leading.

The Lord’s sheep follow their shepherd wherever He leads them; they obey God. They submit meekly and surrender in humility, believing Him. They have the vision of God so they stay on the mission with His leadership. The Lord’s sheep also hear the voice of the Lord. “The sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out . . . and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow” (John 10:3–5). If you are His sheep, when was the last time you heard His voice?

God’s love for His sheep is so strong that He would leave ninety-nine sheep to search for one lost one. If you are one of the lost sheep, you have not experienced His shepherding lately because you have strayed away from God. By your own will you wandered off and left Him; God never abandoned you. In fact He is looking for you now. Tonight is your night of restoration back to the shepherding of the Lord. When He shepherds you, He will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies. He will make you to lie down in green pastures and lead you beside still waters. Beloved, the Lord is calling out to His lost sheep today. If you can hear His call, then you are His sheep. Hearken to His voice for He wants to be your good shepherd.

Jesus is indeed the good shepherd who laid down His life so that our sins could be forgiven and we could have a relationship with God (John 10:11–14). May God make it clear to you that you are one of the Lord’s sheep. May He find you tonight so that you may know His leading personally again. Pray with me:

Prayer Points:

Lord God Almighty, make me clearly one of your sheep. Give me the grace to have the attributes of the sheep that I may be totally led by you. Deliver me from self-will. Father God, I pray we have a personal revelation of you as our shepherd. Bless us with the grace of obedience.

June 18

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 6:10–18

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph 6:12).

Spiritual Warfare

Father God, thank you for your amazing grace. It is your grace that makes it possible for us to have victory. Give us the grace to understand that spiritual warfare is necessary for our victory.

We are all familiar with war. It is a military operation between enemies, a struggle taken by one group to destroy another. When a soldier is engaged in battle, his or her life is at stake. But without this battle, there will be no victory. Beloved, many of us are on the edge of great success but we need to wake up spiritually. We need to engage in spiritual warfare, as the Bible commands, so that victory will be won in Jesus’ name.

We must prepare for battle: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Eph 6:10–11). As we wrestle not against flesh but against rulers of the darkness, “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Eph 6:13–18).

The Word tells us clearly that there is spiritual warfare. All of our lives on earth we will have an enemy. This raging battle against spiritual wickedness will not cease until truth has victory. Our warfare is hereditary because the devil started it with Jesus. But, he failed with Jesus, and will fail again in our lives in Jesus’ name. Our foes are powerful, but God is more powerful. He is ever-present and is calling us to fight the good fight.

In order to engage in spiritual warfare, you must first surrender your life to Jesus. You then need to cover yourself with the blood of Jesus before you begin to pray warfare prayers. Next, you must use the name of Jesus in your prayer. Use your authority, in the name of Jesus. Do not be spiritually afraid; know that the enemy is already defeated but you need to collect your victory. Call upon the angels of the Living God for protection and enforcement. They are sent to minister to you. Pray out loud and be specific. You must also depart from sin because you cannot defeat the enemy when the enemy inside, the flesh, has not been dealt with.

Beloved, no one outgrows spiritual warfare. You may feel your call to Christianity is a gentlemanly call. Wake up: you either fight or you perish! Though we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, beautifully, God has given us weapons of warfare. These weapons are not carnal, but they are mighty in pulling down strongholds:

1. The power of the Holy Ghost is the number one weapon for spiritual warfare. He is a consuming fire who will lead you gently to your attacker. Call on fire of the Holy Ghost to consume whatever is oppressing you.

2. The Word of God, the sword of the Spirit, is the second weapon. When you pray, use the Word of God to fight. Take the Word of God, stand on it and speak it, confessing the things that God says that you are. Consider yourself to be a giant in the Lord and the giants that are staring at you will become your stepping stones in the name of Jesus.

3. Use the weapons that God uses. We see that God strikes the enemy with blindness. May God blind your enemies in the name of Jesus. We see that God drowns the enemies that are pursuing His children. May every stubborn pursuer of your blessing, your peace, and your life be drowned in the Red Sea in the name of Jesus. In Numbers, the Lord opened the ground to swallow those who opposed Moses. May God open the ground and cause your problems to be swallowed.

4. Use the weapon of the enemy to destroy the enemy. David used the weapon of Goliath to cut his head off. Come against the enemy in the name of the Lord. The name of God is your strong tower; run into it. Not only will you be saved, but from that tower, you will also be able to sling spiritual warfare pellets onto the enemy and use his weapon to defeat him, just as David did. God can make your enemy mad with confusion. Nebuchadnezzar went mad in the blood of Daniel. God throws enemies into the pit the enemy had dug for you. Haman went into the pit he dug for Mordecai.

God can do anything for His child, but He is waiting for you to wake up to the reality of spiritual warfare. Be willing to fight using God’s resources and weapons and receive victory in the name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

If you have never given your life to Jesus, you have no foundation for successful spiritual warfare. Therefore, pray with me, “Dear Lord, I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins. Write my name in the Book of Life.”

Heavenly Father, give us the grace to wake up to spiritual warfare. Teach us to take your resources into spiritual warfare and let this year be a victorious one in the name of Jesus.

June 19

Scripture Reading: 3 John 1:2

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

Receive Healing

Father God, we worship you. You are the God of our victory, Jehovah Nisi. We worship you and praise you today.

Sickness, whether physical or spiritual, is not God’s plan for you. God has a plan to heal you and His healing plan is in His Word. Sometimes sickness is caused by our own carelessness. Miriam got sick because she was murmuring against Moses (Exod 12). Some of us are sick because we are murmuring against God and the people of God. May God deliver us from that in the name of Jesus. Others are sick because they have not obeyed God. I pray for the grace of instant repentance in the name of Jesus. Many are ill because of depression. Father God Almighty, make cheerfulness our portion in Jesus’ name.

Another cause of sickness is the enemy, the strong man. The strong man is the spirit who attacks you, the one who is against your peace, prosperity, health, and progress. He operates in the lives of those who do not fully know their rights or cannot do warfare. I pray that we would use the Word of God to engage effectively in warfare and that we would identify the strong man in our lives.

Indications that the strong man is operating in your life are that you have recurrent tragedies and sickness, inexplicable barrenness, marital complications, regular terrifying nightmares and dreams, or whatever else is not of God recurring in your life. Pray today that whatever your heavenly Father has not placed in your life be uprooted in the name of Jesus. Pray the Word of God, that evil must bow before good in your life in the name of Jesus. It is time to fight in spiritual warfare using the weapons God has given us, especially the sword of the Spirit: the Word of God.

Pray now to receive your healing for healing power belongs to God. It was possessed by Jesus and given to the body of Christ, first to apostles and then to all believers. Pray that God will bless us with healing to eliminate all diseases manifesting in our lives because they are not of God. May God give us the grace to touch the hem of His garment and receive healing.

Are you one who knows you ought to pray yet cannot do so? Perhaps the strong man is holding onto your finances and, despite contact with large sums of money, this strong man has amputated your spiritual life. Are you keeping what belongs to God instead of tithing? I pray that God will give you a divine release to quickly pay your tithe and let the devourer be rebuked in your life, that God will open the window of heaven and pour out blessings more than you have room to receive.

Today in the name of Jesus, God will heal your spiritual life; He will heal your finances. You may feel that everything that is possible for others is impossible for you. This spirit of impossibility will end today, as the healing virtue of God will come upon you. The spirit of delayed blessings may be causing failure at the end of success. We decree a divine release of every delayed blessing in the name of Jesus. You will make it; you will excel and accomplish to the glory of God.

Prayer Points:

If you desire to be healed but you have not given your life to Jesus, pray, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins. Write my name in the Book of Life and give me victory spiritually and physically, circumstantially and financially in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Heavenly Father, heal your children from every kind of sickness: those induced by our carelessness and those induced by the strong man. We pray for a divine healing of the sickness of financial insufficiency caused by a lack of obedience to the Word of God. Let there be a release of divine possibility in the name of Jesus; cast out the spirit of impossibility. We pray that every delayed blessing be released in the name of Jesus. Heal every complicated health hazard, Lord. Let your Holy Spirit take control of every situation that has troubled us. We roll all our worries onto you in the name of Jesus. Take control and have pre-eminence in Jesus’ name.

June 20

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 33:6–8, 11–16

“Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again” (Deut 33:11).

Prophetic Blessings

Father God, it is all about you. Our lives are in you and they only have substance when you are within us. I pray in the name of Jesus that you deliver us from the curses that have oppressed us. Father God, deliver us to the mosaic blessings in Deuteronomy 33 in the name of Jesus.

Beloved, you have been granted all the blessings of Deuteronomy 33 through the sacrificial blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. As we pray through the chapter, may your spirit-man receive the blessings. May you internalize them and may they work in your life to give you a new lease in life.

“Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah” (Deut 33:6–8). It is clear that the Lord blesses and protects His own: “And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren” (Deut 33:12–16).

According to verses 6–8, I pray life into your lives today in the name of Jesus. I pray that God will increase you greatly in every area; that God would enlarge your coast in the name of Jesus.

According to verse 11, I pray that God will bless our substance in the name of Jesus. May the Lord hear your voice and may your hands be sufficient for you. May God help you and deliver you from your enemies in the name of Jesus. Accept the work of our hands, Oh Lord. Smite through the loins of them that rise against us and of them that hate us.

According to verse 12, like Moses blessed Benjamin, I pray that you bless us Lord and give us divine cover. The times are difficult to discern. We do not know the truth anymore; we hear all kinds of information but Lord we just want you to hide us under your hands. Let us dwell between your shoulders.

According to verses 13–16, bless our land with the precious things of heaven. We ask for the dew, the deep that croucheth beneath, the precious fruits brought forth by the sun and for the precious things put forth by the moon. Bless the land with the chief things of the most ancient mountains, the precious things of the lasting hills and the earth. Let these blessings come upon the head of your children and upon the head of him who was separated from his brethren.

Oh Lord God, bless your children indeed; enlarge our coast and keep us from evil. Oh Father God Almighty, give us the grace to experience prophetic blessings in you in the name of Jesus.

Prayer Points:

Father God Almighty, I pray that you will pour out these blessings in Deuteronomy upon the lives of your children. Let the intent of your heart become realities in all of our lives in the name of Jesus. Amen.

June 21

Scripture Reading: Acts 24:16

“And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men.”

Pure Conscience

Our Father and our God, we thank you because you are coming.

Are you ready for the coming of the Lord? The signs are clearer than ever before that He is coming soon. If the rapture happens and the Lord Jesus, the bridegroom, comes for His bride today, will He take you along? I encourage you to resolve to be ready for the rapture, because He is coming like a thief in the night: at the time we least expect.

How can you be ready? The testimony of a pure conscience before God will prepare you for the rapture. Many of us have a pure conscience in our minds before God, but there are human beings we cannot look in the eye because our conscience towards them is not clear. Sometimes we smile at people but in our heart we are cursing them. Because that pure conscience is not evident, many are living shortchanged, downtrodden lives. If you are carrying a grudge in your heart, I urge you to forgive. If there is any iniquity, depart from it. Sin will make it very difficult for you to be raptured with Jesus. So lay aside every weight and sin that easily besets you.

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Heb 12:1–2).

The days are evil; redeem the time. Pray in the name of Jesus that God will forgive all your sins and that you will have a pure conscience towards God and man. I pray in the name of Jesus that a pure conscience will become your testimony. How will you know that your conscience is pure? You will become assured when you go to God in prayer and find that no sin is accusing you before God. You will be assured when you can look at your fellow man squarely in the face. You will be assured when you can communicate freely with your fellow man and no sin is accusing you before that person. A pure conscience will happen when the power of the Holy Ghost comes upon you and you begin to examine yourself. Who do you need to forgive? Who is crying against you when you go to the altar to present your gifts to God? The testimony of a defiled conscience can sometimes defile the gift. Pray for the grace to forgive, the grace to forget, and the grace to think pure thoughts.

Prayer Points:

This is indeed a tall order. If you have not given your life to Jesus and received the Holy Spirit, you cannot accomplish this. Pray now, “Dear Lord Jesus, I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins. Write my name in the Book of Life and give me the born-again experience.”

Father God, purge us of our sins. Let the blood of Jesus wash away all our sins so we may be ready for the coming of the Lord. Empower us with the Holy Spirit so we may forgive others. Lord, give us the grace to amend our ways and walk right with you in the name of Jesus. Let us have the testimony of a pure conscience. Amen.

June 22

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 31:16–26

“Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord” (Jer 31:16).

Refrain from Weeping

Father God, you are the air we breathe and in every way we are lost without you. We pray that our tears will come to your attention in a new way. Visit each one of us at the point of our need and replace our needs with spiritual, physical, psychological, and emotional healing. Oh Father, you are our only hope. Let your Word enter our spirit-man and give us new courage, new power, and new strength in Jesus’ name.

The distress of these times may be overwhelming. You may be working so hard trying to make ends meet, trying to bless your family, just trying to make something work. You may be drowning in your own tears. You may feel tired, unappreciated, and depressed or even oppressed. Come out of your sorrow for God’s Word says there is hope.

“And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks” (Jer 31:17–24).

Beloved, God is encouraging you with His Word today. First, He is commanding you to refrain from weeping. These verses give three reasons for you to stop crying:

1. You will be rewarded for your work.

Nothing pains the soul more than disappointment and the feeling of not being appreciated. Gone will be that feeling.

2. You will be delivered from enemy territory.

3. You will be given hope, no matter what is happening now.

Yes, your children will come into their own borders.

Could it be that while you are in your corner crying, God has brought replenishment for you? “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me” (Jer 31:25–26).

God has brought satisfaction for you but it will do you no good unless you turn to it. You must unwrap that gift to escape the doldrums of your depression. I pray today that you would hear the Word of God and stop weeping, for there is hope. You will be delivered.

Receive the Word of God personally today. Come out of that oppression and depression. Dry your tears and you will have clearer vision. Sing to the Lord of your salvation. Talk to Him and tell Him your problems. He will minister the solution to you.

Prayer Points:   

This encouragement is available to you because you are a child of God. If you have never given your life to Jesus, become His child today. Pray, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you.  I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins. Write my name in the Book of Life and satisfy my weary soul.”

Oh gracious God, satisfy our tired souls. Help us to receive your Word. Help us to receive your blessings during these difficult times. There is hope in you, Jehovah; there is healing in you, Jehovah Rapha. There is joy in you!

June 23

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 1:14–19, 23–26

“And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?” (2 Sam 1:14).

Reverence

Father God, how great thou art. Holy Father, I praise you because in your mercy, you place your might, your greatness between us and those strong enemies in places of authority. Give us the grace to obey your will, to reverence those in authority even in the face of challenges.

As you work for Christ, you may find yourself challenged and in danger because of those in authority. Those leaders may become your enemies. How can you cope with such a challenge? We must look to David’s response for guidance. David’s enemy was Saul. Saul had been anointed and appointed by God as king. However, he fell from grace by disobeying God and then became consumed with enmity against David. Though David had many opportunities to kill Saul, he did not. Instead, David reverenced Saul’s authority because it represented God’s anointing. David would not dare touch the Lord’s anointed. In fact, after someone told David that he had killed Saul, David had a surprising reaction:

“And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!” (2 Sam 1:15–19). David continued to remember Saul and his son fondly: “Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women” (2 Sam 1:23–26).

The man who killed Saul thought he would get honor by telling David. Instead, David was angered and ordered his execution. David then sings a song of praise and honor to his old enemy. Later, he even blessed those who buried Saul (2 Sam 2:5–7). David behaved this way because he was not focusing on Saul or his wickedness; he honored Saul because Saul had been anointed with the Holy Spirit. Without revelation, many people would have thrown a party when Saul died. But David was filled with the Spirit of God and he knew the right thing to do. In this manner, we should also deal with our enemies that have positions of authority.

Because David showed reverence, God got excited and even promoted him. Our God of order also protected David; He delivered David from the wickedness of Saul and kept taking David from glory to glory and from grace to grace. Whether oppression from a leader is happening in the office, in the church, or in your family, do not use the oppression as an excuse for disrespect and irreverence. Our God of order who is higher than any authority will make sure that you are protected and promoted. If you want protection and promotion, reverence the authority even if he or she is your enemy.

Prayer Points:

Father God, in your mercy, give us a deeper revelation of how to deal with anointed enemies. You are the one who gives divine cover and protection. Cover your children and give us the grace to obey you. Give us the grace to reverence the anointing, to reverence authority. Then promote us and protect us.

June 24

Scripture Reading: Exodus 14:13–16

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea” (Exod 14:15–16).

Rod of Deliverance

Father God, we thank you because you are greater than the greatest person; you are in total control of planet earth. We thank you because the hearts of kings are in your hands and you turn them whithersoever you will. Oh great good God, we glorify your name today and we ask that you release into our hands the rod of deliverance.

“And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace” (Exod 14:13–14). And as God commanded, the rod that Moses lifted up was the rod of deliverance. The same rod that parted the Red Sea to give the children of Israel safe passage was the same rod that caused the Egyptians to drown. Do you have the rod of deliverance? Or are you still crying in despair? Do not cry; lift up your rod of deliverance, then stretch out your hand and divide the sea. You may think, “I don’t have a rod in my hands.” The rod in your hands is the authority of the name of Jesus. The rod in your hands is the Word of God. Jesus is the living Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). That Word is Jesus; the rod of authority in your hand is Jesus.

How does Jesus manifest in the physical? He does so when we agree with His Word and lift up that Word to Him. This Word is Jesus. Jesus is the master of the ocean, sky, and sea; they shall all swiftly obey His will. The tempest may be raging in your life today but the Lord is saying, “Fear ye not.” Stand still and see the deliverance that He will work for you through the rod that is in your hand. I want you to appreciate your Bible, to esteem that Word more than the sustenance of food. Seek God; lift up Jesus—the Word of God—and the Red Seas shall be divided. Lift up Jesus, so that the Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace.

As you lift up the Word of the Living God, as you believe in God’s Word, I pray that every enemy pursuing you will drown in the Red Sea in Jesus’ name. I pray that God in His mercy will make a way for you where there seems to be no way. Jesus is indeed our rod of deliverance.

Prayer Points:

If you are not born again, you do not have Jesus as your rod of deliverance. Please pray with me and receive Jesus, “Dear Lord Jesus, I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins. Write my name in the Book of Life and give me the born-again experience. Fight for me and let me hold my peace for that peace is Jesus Christ.”

Jesus, you are the rod of our deliverance, the rod of our increase, the rod of our healing. Help us to hold on to you, for there is nothing you cannot do for us. You are the great King of kings and we lift you up.

June 25

Scripture Reading: Philippians 4:8

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

Spiritual Manners

Father God, walk with us, talk with us, and tell us you are ours. Give us joy unspeakable as we fellowship with you. Help us to understand what you want us to do in every situation. Let us practice spiritual manners.

Christians should speak as mannered, cultured people. Too many times, we Christians enjoy transmitting bad news to others. We become like the television newscasters who speak apathetically about negative news. We have become employees of the devil because we convey bad news without any discomfort at all. We should be a people of the gospel, speaking good news.

The Bible says that we must think on things that are pure, true, lovely, and of a good report (Phil 4:8). Our words should be seasoned with salt, so that they bring edification, not discouragement. I pray that God will deliver us from the oppression of gravitating towards and enjoying transmitting negative news. I pray that He will change us into a people who love good news.

The Bible gives us an example of people who loved good news. “Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!” (2 Sam 18:19–33).

In this passage, Ahimaaz is described as a good man who comes with good tidings. Though Ahimaaz knew that Absalom was dead, he said, “All is well,” and fell down to the earth upon his face before the king. He blessed the Lord for delivering up the enemies of David. Ahimaaz did not blurt out that Absalom was dead. When the Cushite arrived he also did not tell David about his son’s death. When David asked if Absalom was safe, the Cushite answered in a sensitive manner. Then the king understood that Absalom was dead.

I pray that we would behave like these men, that we would report tragedies with remorse and be good people with good tidings. I pray that we would speak with spiritual understanding and culture, that we would say, “All is well,” because this is how to speak as citizens in God’s kingdom. In Christ Jesus we are victorious and all is truly well.

Prayer Points:

Oh Father God, deliver us from the evils of our generation. Give us the grace to communicate the proper way. Teach us spiritual, biblical utterances so that we will speak like people who are mannered in the kingdom, and not like people of the world. Let us have spiritual manners.

June 26

Scripture Reading: Numbers 21:7–9

“Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”

Rod of Healing

Father God, we thank you for you are the Rock of Ages; you are a cleft for us to hide ourselves in. Lord, you are the rod of healing. In your mercy, deliver us from every ailment, from every physical and spiritual pain and discomfort.

Many people are stricken with diseases, ranging from cancer to heart disease. They look to doctors and home remedies for relief, but they have forgotten that Jesus is the rod of healing. He is the only one who can bring total healing. Beloved, are you looking unto Jesus for your healing?

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:14–15).

The people of Israel were complaining against God and Moses and as a punishment, they got bitten by poisonous serpents and died. But the remaining Israelites confessed their sin and begged Moses to pray to the Lord to remove the serpents. So, Moses lifted up that fiery serpent upon a pole. Similarly, Jesus was also lifted upon a pole to bring about your healing. The lifting up of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross guarantees healing for those who look unto Jesus. A rod symbolizes authority. Jesus is the authority of your healing, the rod of your deliverance, the rod of your healing.

Father God Almighty, I bring before you all who keep calling out to you about one ailment or the other. I pray for healing for those who cannot afford medical attention. I lift Jesus up and pray for healing from all diseases that man cannot heal. Oh Lord, there is nothing you cannot do. Your Word says you sent your Word and healed their diseases. Lord, you sent me your Word and made it possible for me to proclaim this Word. Holy Father, I ask that those who are spiritually, physically, or financially sick be healed in Jesus’ name.

Oh Father, there are many serpents that have bitten and poisoned the resources of your children. Oh brass serpent of our time, my Lord Jesus, as you are lifted up, I pray that you heal the finances of your children. Father according to your Word, prosper our souls, our bodies, our resources.

In the name of Jesus, I call down the thunder and the bomb of God to burn to ashes that hindrance of the enemy that has put a blockage in your children’s spiritual, physical, or financial health. God, let their blessings begin to flow again; make their health excellent again. Oh Rock of Ages, cleft for us, let us hide ourselves in you.

Prayer Points:

If you have not given your life to the Lord Jesus, He cannot be your rod of healing. Pray with me, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life and give me the born-again experience. Pour your Spirit into me and give me the grace to hold onto the rod of my healing, the Lord Jesus.”

Lord Jesus, you are our only healer. You have been lifted up. Let that healing from the fiery darts of the enemy and the serpents of the world permeate our bodies, souls, and spirits in the name of Jesus. Amen.

June 27

Scripture Reading: Judges 15:9–17

“And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands” (Judg 15:14).

Loose the Bonds

Our Father and our God, we thank you for all you have done, are doing, and will do. Let all glory and honor be unto you our God. We lift our hands up to you and magnify your name for you are a great good God. What you accomplish, no one can hinder. Whom you deliver, no one can bind. Blessed be your holy name.

Many people want to work, to accomplish certain things, but nothing they do flourishes and their goals seem impossible to reach. These people have bonds on their hands that need to be loosed. Something is binding their hands so their work cannot be successful. Beloved, the Word of God has the solution to that problem.

“Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock” (Judg 15:9–13).

Samson was in a very difficult position. His enemies had hurt him when they took his wife and eventually killed her. In response, Samson tried to kill these enemies, but they were very powerful and retaliated by raiding the land of Judah. Samson’s people, even his own family, gave him up to the Philistines. But Samson had a God-factor that the Philistines could not reckon with: the Holy Spirit had anointed him. The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon Samson when the Philistines shouted against him, and the cords they tied him with were loosed.

“And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi” (Judg 15:15–17).

Are any Philistines shouting against you right now? I pray in the name of Jesus that the Spirit of the Lord will come mightily upon you and every shout of the Philistines will cause the activation of the anointing in your spirit. Then, the cords that the enemy has put upon you will become as burnt flax and your bonds will be loosened in Jesus’ name. The God-factor, the Holy Spirit, the power of God, the anointing that can come upon every believer of Jesus, came upon Samson. The Holy Spirit is the fire of God and He is able to burn bonds so they melt away. If you are a Christian whom the enemy is shouting against, or if you are a Christian bound by oppression, I pray that the Holy Spirit will come mightily upon you so that those cords around you will burn as flax and your bonds will be loosed. Just as the Lord helped Samson, He will help you.

Prayer Points:

The Spirit of the Lord is the God-factor that makes a difference in hopeless situations in your life, but the Spirit of the Living God cannot come upon you except you are born again. To accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, pray, “Dear Lord Jesus, I surrender my life to you. I confess and forsake my sins. Cleanse me from my sins with your blood. Write my name in the Book of Life. Give me the born-again experience and let your Holy Spirit come mightily upon me so that the cords become as burnt flax. Let the bonds be loosed off my hands.”

Father, let your Word work in our lives. Let your Holy Spirit come mightily upon us today so that every cord that the enemy has used to bind us will be burnt with the fire of the Holy Ghost and the bonds that have been used to tie our hands will fall off. Let the cords of witchcraft, poison, sickness, ailment, idleness, joblessness, apathy, pain, and sorrow all be burnt by the power of the Holy Spirit. I pray that the power of God be established over the work of our hands, over our homes, ministries, and loved ones in the name of Jesus. Let the bonds be loosed off the hands of your children so that we will be productive again in the name of Jesus. Amen.

June 28

Scripture Reading: Psalms 125:1–4

“They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever” (Ps 125:1).

The Lot of the Righteous

Father God, we pray that your name be forever blessed in our lives. We ask in the name of Jesus for your blessings, mercies, amazing grace, and great deliverance. Lord, your people are crying, your people are calling on you to deliver us from everything that is oppressing, everything that is causing us not to be who we are meant to be, everything that is shortchanging us. Oh Lord, let our lives honor and praise you in the name of Jesus.

The Word of God assures us that we can trust in the Lord. “As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good and to them that are upright in their hearts” (Ps 125:2–4).

Let us pray today that the Lord’s protection will be round about us as the mountains are round about Jerusalem. Father God, I pray for perpetual protection for all your children who are exposed to danger. Lord we pray for spiritual, physical, and financial protection in the name of Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, in your mercy we ask that you work out a deliverance from the rod of the wicked. Father, many are oppressed by the actions of the wicked; many are working under the oppression of a wicked boss who has authority over them. Lord, today we pray that you break that rod in the name of Jesus. We claim the promise in your Word that says the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous (Ps 125:3).

Pray with me: Lord, God Almighty, divinely protect me perpetually as the mountains are round about Jerusalem perpetually in the name of Jesus. In your mercy and in your love, deliver me from the rod of the wicked. Let the rod of the wicked not fall upon my lot in the name of Jesus. In every area, in all that concerns me Lord, deliver me and mine from the rod of the wicked in Jesus name.

In an earlier devotion I shared a message about minding our own business. The number one way we mind other people’s business is through the practice of loose lips. So today ask God to, “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips” (Ps 141:3). Father God, set a watch before our mouths, keep the door of our lips in the name of Jesus. Father, in your mercy we pray for divine control of our tongues, divine control of our mouth, for our mouth spews things that sometimes get us into trouble. Lord, for those who have the oppression of loose lips, Lord, I pray that in your mercy you will keep the door of the mouth in Jesus name.

The lips also open and consume food that we ought to eat and food that we ought not to eat. When we pray that God will set a watch before our mouths and keep the door of our lips, we are talking about what we speak out and what we put in. Since every person has a mouth, every person needs to pray that God will set a watch before our mouth to keep the door of our lips, to control what comes out and what goes in. Pray that God in His mercy will direct totally when you are about to speak what does not concern you. Pray that when you are about to speak about something you have no business speaking that in His mercy He will lock your lips in the name of Jesus.

Pray also in the name of Jesus that when you are about to consume something you have no business consuming and putting into your system, that God in His mercy will close your lips in the name of Jesus. Oh father, we thank you because you are a merciful God, you are the God of all flesh. Lord, take control in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Prayer Points:

Lord God Almighty, we humbly come before you today and ask for your spiritual, physical, and financial protection in the name of Jesus. Protect us from the actions of the wicked, from any harm that would befall us, especially from those in authority over us. And Father, in your mercy, give us the grace to think before we speak. Protect us from ourselves, Oh Lord, set a watch before our mouth. In your amazing love and endless mercy, Father, govern what crosses our lips as it comes out or goes into our mouth. Amen.

June 29

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 22

“As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him” (2 Sam 22:31).

The Reliability of God

It is well with our souls. I can say it is well because I am a child of a reliable God.

Today let us meditate on the reliability of God. I dare say to you again and again that you are a child of God. When you have nothing else to hold onto just hold on to God: He is invisible but He is invincible. You cannot see Him physically but you see His actions and your spirit-man knows Him because He is your author, manufacturer, preserver, and maintainer. He is the one who can improve you, look at you the way you are and see the finished product. He who began a good work in you will take it to perfection because He is reliable.

The Lord is reliable; we are variable. He is holy and pure; we are sinful and contaminable. When a reliable God calls a variable man to work before Him and become perfect, He is showing us a way out of our wretched state of variables. He is calling us, making a way for us to experience His sure and everlasting blessings. He is constant, settled, and does not change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb 13:8).

If we go through the Bible we read that Abraham found Him to be reliable. God said, come out of your brethren, kindred, nation into a place where I will show you, come out and I will make nations out of you and I will make you a father of nations (Gen 17). And God followed through. Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Job, and Jesus found Him reliable too, and I dare say I have found Him reliable through all my needs and experiences.

God is good because He is El-Shaddai, the all-sufficient God. No matter how ugly your situation, the reliability of God makes Him beautiful in it in Jesus’ name. He is Jehovah Nisi, the God who goes to battle for you even when you do not know a battle is raging. He is a God who watches out for you globally and eternally. Reliability is His nature. I pray that you will begin to work with God as someone who knows Him, as one who is able to say, “Great is your faithfulness to me, Oh Lord.” He is Jehovah Nisi, the God of victories and He is reliable for victories in the battles of your life. He is Jehovah Shalom, the God of peace who can be counted upon to bring peace in your life in the name of Jesus. He was able to say to the raging storm, “be still,” and the storm calmed and there was peace (Mark 4:39). He is Jehovah Jireh, which means He is reliable in provisions. He is the Lord who provides even where there seems to be no way. Just as He provided the lamb for sacrifice, He will make a way to meet your needs. He watches over His Word and His name to protect it forever. Therefore, you can tell generations to come that God is reliable. He is Jehovah Rohi, the shepherd, the reliable one who guides. As the one who sanctifies, Jehovah Shekenu, He will make you into a special person so that people will say, that one is different, sanctified, set apart from the world, is a Christian, among the remnant. He is also reliable as Jehovah your covenant Father and as your ever-present God. Oh Father, Jehovah Shammah, we ask that you keep us in your presence perpetually. Let us continually experience your reliability.

If we look at 2 Samuel 22:29–31, the Word of God says, “For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.” David tried the Word of the Lord throughout his life and found it reliable. The Bible you have in your hands has been tried by generations long gone. They found God reliable and that is why He is still valid in our lives today. The only condition is that you must trust in Him. If you trust Him, He will show Himself reliable to you. “For who is God save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God?” (2 Sam 22:32). There is no one else you can stand on. There is no other reliable entity on earth or globally except God. “God is my strength and power: and He maketh my way perfect” (2 Sam 22:33). May He be your strength and power and make your way perfect in Jesus’ name. “He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon high places. He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms” (2 Sam 22:34–35). Oh Father, give your people the shield of salvation and let your gentleness make them great in Jesus’ name.

Oh Father God, according to your Word, enlarge the steps of your children under them so that their feet will not slip in Jesus’ name (2 Sam 22:37). Living God you are a reliable God but your Word is clear: you are reliable to those who trust in you. Beloved I challenge you today to trust God with the challenges in your life. Give God a chance in your life. Trust Him and you will find Him reliable because He is a reliable God.

Prayer Points:

The first step to trusting God in this way is to surrender your life to Him. Pray, “Dear Lord Jesus I come to you just as I am. I surrender my life to you and make myself vulnerable to you. Write my name in the Book of Life. Bless me with the experience of salvation and the spirit that dissolves doubt so that I may experience your reliability in Jesus’ name.

If you are already born again, pray the Word and believe it. God is reliable. May His reliability eliminate your variables in the name of Jesus.

Father God, show yourself strong in our lives in this generation and your reliability will be a reality in our lives forever. Amen.

June 30

Scripture Reading: John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

The Peace of God

Father God, I pray for those who have lost their innocence, for those going through self - condemnation. I pray that you will restore our first love for you. Oh Father God, you remember how we loved you more than we do now, before the world’s distractions took us away. Lord, restore our childhood and bring back the peace that only you can give. Let us be children again: trusting, believing that all things are possible in you.

Today we will talk about the peace of God, the peace that can only be received from God. If you have lost your peace, I pray that the peace of God be restored into your life. Peace is essentially the absence of trouble, turmoil. You might look calm on the outside, but you know when your soul has lost its peace; there is a restlessness within that you can do nothing about. You know what it is like to be at peace and you have lost that experience. Because you are a child of Jesus, I pray that God will restore His peace to you today.

The source of peace is the love of God, the presence of the Holy Spirit of God in you. This Spirit of peace will say to you, no matter what storm is raging in your life, peace be still for they all shall sweetly obey thy will. Our Lord Jesus is the source of peace and He assures us of this in John 14:27. The Holy Spirit’s peace—the peace that passes all understanding—is what we desire today. There are so many things that we do not understand, but we should not lose our peace for lack of understanding. I pray that God will give you a revelation that peace is your portion. No matter the challenge, the Lord Jesus has secured peace for you through the results of reconciliation according to Colossians 1:20 and through His atonement according to Isaiah 53:5.

Peace is obtained by faith. I pray that you will pursue it. Are you troubled? Accept the Word of the Lord in John 14:27. The Lord Jesus said He has left His peace for you. So what brings about turmoil and creates an absence of peace? Disobedience causes it; willful sinning takes it away. Even when you are not caught but know you have done something wrong, you can feel that your peace is gone. Even when nobody knows what you did, nobody is questioning you, nobody is talking about it, there is an absence of peace because God’s policeman in your body, your conscience is pricking you. Oh Father, deliver us from willful sin and disobedience that takes away our peace.

If you are going through turmoil, if you have lost your peace through disobedience, pray that God will forgive you and restore your peace. Disobedience brings turmoil; pray that God will give you the testimony of a pure conscience, one that is always at peace. The Bible says the righteous are as bold as a lion but the wicked runneth when no man pursueth (Prov 28:1). If the enemy has stolen your peace through disobedience, I pray that the atonement that is in the blood of Jesus will bring about your forgiveness even as you confess your sins and forsake them in the name of Jesus.

Sometimes when we lose our peace and our soul is agitated it is God waking us up to a situation in our spirit-man, not because of disobedience. You can lose your peace internally because God is trying to wake you up to something you are not conscious of. Get on your knees and pray, I do not know what it is but my inner peace has been shaken. I should be calm and collected as a child of God; I should not be remote-controlled by anything, Lord, what is the matter? I bring it before you. Peace is lost when God is ringing an alarm bell to wake you up to something. Get on your knees, pray and sing, and you will discover that the peace comes because peace is your portion. I pray that God will restore the peace like a river to you; that God will bring to your life the perpetual state of peace, that there will be no adversary or evil occurrence in your life. Oh Father God Almighty, you have given us a taste of peace at salvation; you have given us a taste of peace when we exhale after a revelation, an answered prayer, after communion with you, we feel at peace in our spirit. We pray for restoration of peace. Let it happen today. Restore the peace of our childhood in you; let it be a reality in the lives of all who read this message.

Living in a state of fear can also take away your peace. Beloved, do not be afraid. There is nothing to fear because “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). The things you are afraid of are afraid of you. May God in His mercy give you a revelation of the necessity of peace, and if you have lost your peace, may it be restored to you today in the name of Jesus.

Father, give us the grace of obedience, the grace of sensitivity, and of the revelation that we need not fear for you are with us. Father, let our heart not be troubled and let us not be afraid.

Prayer Points:

Beloved the peace of God is only available to those who have given their lives to Jesus. It is only available to a child of God. If you have never given your life to Jesus, pray with me now, “Dear Lord Jesus, I ask that you come into my life. I surrender my life to you. I desire your peace. Bless me with that peace in Jesus’ name.”

If you are already born again but you know your peace is gone, I pray that God will give you the grace to have a restoration of your peace by prayer, by praise, by assessing yourself and discovering what you ought to do to bring back that peace. May the awesome peace of God be with you in Jesus’ name.