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Kingdom functionaries


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He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” ( Luke 11:28. )

This dispensation calls for intentionality with God. God is seeking those who will be doers of His word rather than hearers only. This is why God said that He will put His spirit in them and write His laws on their hearts. God desires more than lip service. We are called into fellowship with Him so that we can know the ways of the spirit and live as such by the drawing of the spirit of God. It is to this end that Christ went to the cross for us. God, through Jesus, has paved the way for us to receive God into our hearts and then we can live as children of God. When we hear the word of God, faith is birthed in us. This faith becomes the central administrative region from where God deals with us. God loves all humans because we are his image but God will only entrust responsibilities and assignments to those who have had dealings with the Spirit of God on their inside. God knows the hearts of such people. And they lean on the Holy Spirit for whatever they do because after that dealing, they have no life of their own. God is looking to enlist anyone that is willing.

Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for making a way for me to come to you in Christ Jesus. I pray for the grace to submit to you as you work in me to will and do your pleasure.

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The Spirit of Religion


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Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” ( Luke 18:39 )

The Spirit of religion and the philosophy of men has been around for a long time. The verse of scripture above is an excerpt from the account where a blindman had the opportunity to meet Jesus but the people around him tried to stop him. Interestingly the people who rebuked this man weren’t the onlookers. They were the very people who led his way. That is the religious spirit. This blindman was about to discover Christ for himself; he was about to have a personal relationship with Christ. He was discovering the path into the secret place, but the spirit of religion tried to stop him. Religion has always stopped true intimacy with God. It is that spirit that says that only the leader can know God for the followers so that the followers cannot have personal relationships with their Father. But the true seeker will not be held by the rebuke of religion. Instead, they will press on into that secret place of Kingdom realities. To the true seeker of Kingdom truth and experiences, the pull of religion is rather a push to them, to seek the Father even more earnestly. God is looking for true seekers of the realities of His kingdom.

Prayer_Bead: Sweet Jesus, Compassionate Lord, thank you for showing me the path into intimate fellowship with you. Thank you for setting me free from the religious spirit.

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the Kingdom has come.


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But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ( Luke 11:20 )

The Kingdom of God is that influence of God and His attributes that is extended to earth. In the beginning, the earth was void and without form, and then the influence of God came upon it through the word of God. Suddenly, there was order to the chaos. In the New Testament, we see Christ Jesus give order to a void and chaotic society; a people oppressed by demons and powers of darkness. He healed the sick and worked miracles. Jesus by His words drove out demons and restored order, reinforcing that ancient truth that the Kingdom of God is present in a place when the power of God is tangible in that place. In our day and age, there is so much disorder and darkness that needs the attention of the power of God. There is a high demand for the expression of the kingdom of God by the demonstration of the power of God. The kingdom of God is enclosed in our spirit and the world can only feel it or be influenced by it when we act by the SPIRIT of God. The kingdom of God is in the demonstration of power. And that power rests in us awaiting awakening. Let the world see the kingdom of God in and through us.

Prayer_Bead: Governor of our realm, Gracious Father, thank you for expressing your kingdom here. Use me as an instrument to announce your power.

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A call to true worship


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The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. (Isaiah 29:13 )

For far too long, many of us have been living the Christian life as if it were a movie script we had to act out. So that there is no sincerity in our expression of the things we profess. We hear people say things they don’t mean but as if compelled, they say them. Most of these religious cliches are spoken in the most seemingly “spiritual” atmosphere, giving people some form of goofy feelings. Our mouth and lips should only express those things that our hearts are full of. If we truly honour God and are full of gratitude for Him, then our lips will be an extension of those things. But these days, we hear people, compelled by the praise of men to say things they have no conviction nor experience with. God says that these people worship Him with the rules taught by men and not from intimate dealings of the Spirit of God. Men can only teach what is earthly but those who will worship the Father in spirit and in Truth are those who will worship by the tutelage of the Holy Spirit. The wind of the season and the decade we have been ushered into demands that we have real intimate relationship with the Father. We need to truly come to that place with the Father where we can live for God sincerely from our hearts, devoid of the comments or praise of men. God is seeking for true seekers of spiritual realities in God.

Prayer_Bead: Lover of my soul, Spirit teacher, thank you for showing me the blueprints to intimacy with you. Guide me by the deep calling of your Spirit.

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A resting place for God.


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Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might. ( Psalms 132:8 )

The Old Testament captures a number of events which suggests that the Lord had no place among the people of that time. They built tents and resting places for themselves but they had no place to host God. The ark of God had to be carried about on the shoulders of men. But King David thought that it was inappropriate for God not to have a place among them. And so he sought to build God a resting place. Now, that house for God was a template of the kind of house that God would dwell in—us. God would later make His dwelling with us and in us. Jesus said, I am in the Father and you are in me ( see John 14:20). There is the need to make place for Christ in us, now more than ever. The world has come to a stage where it has become rather difficult to make a definite (exclusive) place for God in us. The Lord knows those who are His by reason of having a place in them. Our body, the Bible says is the temple of the Holy Spirit but He does not live in every temple. He lives in temples dedicated to Him. This calls for consciously making our bodies His temple and dwelling place through consecration.

Prayer_Bead: Omniscient Father, thank you for the opportunity to house your presence. Consecrate this house for your dwelling.

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It’s all well intentioned


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She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. ( Mark 5:26 )

The woman referred to as “she” in the verse was the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years. The scripture says that she had spent all the money she had in search of a cure but instead of getting better, she became worse. The intricate workings of God are hard to fathom. There are times when it seems like life and it’s circumstances have conspired against us. But often, such drawings are the wooing of God to being us into our kairos moments. If this woman with the issue of blood had been healed by any of the doctors she encountered, she probably wouldn’t have met Jesus; in other words she wouldn’t have encountered salvation. The doctors could have helped her flesh but not her soul. All the events of her life led to that memorable encounter with Jesus. As this year comes to an end, we must be very intentional about everything around us because God is intentional about us so much that everything that happens in these times are ushering us into the atmosphere of glory and miracles. All the event in our lives are set ups for divine encounters. Let’s trust God.

Prayer_Bead: Author and Finisher of our faith, guide of the universe, thank you for causing everything to work for my good. Help me to remain aligned to your eternal purposes for me.

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Ripple effects of glory


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And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?” ( Job 26:14 )

In truth, nothing in time can confine or define eternity. It is also a fact that all of the seen realm cannot host the unseen realm. The things we call the unseen realm in this physical realm are only the ripple effects of the unseen realm. So Job calls the wonderful things we see as the extensions of God’s glory on earth as the fringes of his works. He further explains that the things we think we hear are so faint compared to what is heard (expressed) of Him behind the veil of the earth. So that when we come to the realm of Glory, which is the realm of the totality of God; the atmosphere of the Godhead and His fullness, we will not be furnished with the right words to communicate such experiences. This is why many who came close to that glory were half dead most of the time. One said, I was like a dead man (Revelation 1:17). The flesh cannot stay in that atmosphere because it lacks the capacity to host His realities. God is the reality of both the seen and the unseen realm.

Prayer_Bead: Almighty King, Gracious Lord, thank you for the extension of your glory into the seen world. Let the world see your glory through me.

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The Holy Spirit, our secret


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He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables ( Mark 4:11 )

It is very possible to have been given something and yet not show any bit of it in expression. We have been called into the Kingdom of God. And even after we lost it, we were given the opportunity through the Cross to find our way back to it. As a result we have been given the secret access into the kingdom; we have been given access into the mysteries of the word by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God is the secret (key) into the Kingdom. The scripture says, no man knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of that man and no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. And if Christ is the fullness of the Godhead, the embodiment of the Kingdom, then the Governor, who is the Holy Spirit is the key (secret) into that kingdom. The Holy Spirit has been given to us. It is by Him we can call the father our “Abba” Father. Those outside the kingdom only have parables, psychology and the ideologies of man. But we have the secret to the Kingdom. Glory!!.

Prayer_Bead: Abba Father, thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for giving us access into the Kingdom by the governor.

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The word works


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That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.( Luke 7:7 )

In the scripture above, the servant of a Roman centurion was sick and about to die. This centurion was a very influential person in his society and so he sent some of the Jewish elders to talk to Jesus about his servant. Now, the elders convinced Jesus to go to the home of the centurion but on their way, the centurion met with them and told Jesus that He didn’t have to come to his house. Instead, He should speak the word, and his servant will be healed. This centurion believed something that we need even more in our time than ever. He believed that the word of Jesus works. And because the word was efficacious, Jesus didn’t have to be present in body to effect changes. His word was enough to do what He would do. The default mode of the word of God is to produce results. So our responsibility is to trust the word. The word works, let us give opportunity to the word by faith and it will yield the desired results.

Prayer_Bead: Thank you gracious Father for the efficacy of your word and the opportunities it makes available. I believe in your word.

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The child became a son


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For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ( Isaiah 9:6 )

The secrets of God are the plain things of the Holy Spirit reserved for the discerning and those to whom God has bestowed understanding. God intricately hides His glory in plain sight. Christ Jesus is the embodiment of this agenda of God perceptible by faith. Many centuries before Moses penned the book of Genesis, God promised (prophesied) a child as the seed of the woman (see Genesis 3:15). This seed, after thousands of years became the son that is our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, our Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace and the One on whose shoulders the government rests. The seed [child] was a prophecy, fulfilled as the son. God’s word does not fall to the ground. His words will always fulfill all that it is sent to accomplish. This is why we can trust the word of God above all other conversations of man. God is faithful. God is committed to His word. The child was born, and the son was given. The prophecy was pronounced (born), and the fulfillment (son) was given. Whatever God said, God will give the fulfillment to His glory. Glory!!!.

Prayer_Bead: Omniscient King, Wonderful Counselor, King of Kings, thank you for the fulfillment of your word. Thank you for giving us your Son.

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