THE WORD OF FAITH Podcast

Paul was about to be executed. He wrote his final letter to his son Thimothy. In this letter Paul charges Timothy to prioritize important things in his life so that he might be blameless before at the appearing of Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead. The first thing Paul charged Timothy to prioritize is to preach the Word. Why? It is the desire of God that all men come to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Not only that but also the word is able to make one wise unto salvation through faith. Preach the Word because the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. Paul charged him to prioritize preaching the word because the word is the true lamp unto man's feet and the true light unto our path. As a people who are coming out of crisis, the question is what have we learnt from this pandemic and how different are we going to live our lives. If we have truly learnt we will reprioritize our lives. Those who have learnt these few months that material wealth means nothing in the face of this global crisis will understand that prioritizing eternal things is important. It is time to prioritize eternal things so preach the Word. Preach the word in the public transport; preach the Word in market place. Preach the word in the boardroom; preach the word in the office place. Preach the Word to your friends; preach same to your family. Your neighbors and work colleagues, your coursemates and your business associates all need the word. Let God's desire for all men be fulfilled through you in every way everyday. This message will bless you.

Isn't it beautiful - that the eyes of the blind will see and the ears of the deaf will hear. Not only that but also the Lame will leap and the dumb will sing for joy. All because God will do what the human mind cannot conceive. And just at the seeing of the wondrous work of God the deaf would hear, the lame would leap and the dumb will sing. But at hearing of that same wondrous works of God the blind will see. Glory to God. Today, in the face of a great challenge many people have gone blind - they can't see a future for their lives. Businesses have collapsed, investments have been lost. Others are deaf because they can't hear anything hopeful but only the rising tolls of death day after day because of this virus. Some are become dumb by the shock of the ongoing pandemic. Fear has paralyzed others such that their lives have simply grounded. But hear this - Can water spring forth in the wilderness? Can streams flow in the desert places? Then hear ye the word of the Lord - For in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the desert place,says the Lord. Precious One, in the midst of this current adversity shall hope spring forth. In the midst of this furnace fire shall the fourth man be revealed. In the midst of this global crisis shall life spring forth. He is a wondrous God. Hallelujah! This message will bless you more.

Say to the fearful hearted - Be Strong. Fear is not a good thing. Fear can weaken hands to curtail performance. Fear has the ability to weaken knees to stifle progress. When hearss are full of fear our strategic mental powers gets crippled. But in the midst of the storm God will be the hope of His people. God is saying to His people to whom He said, "my glory shall fill the earth as truly as I live", Strengthen the weak hands. Not only that. God is also charging us to make firm the feeble knees. Why? Behold, your God is coming with vengeance, even God with a recompense. He will come and save you. From now going forward you will have no fear. For you shall know that you have walked through the valley of the shadow of death and yet you were unharmed. Nothing else would make you afraid. Say to the fearful-hearted, "Be Strong". This message will bless you more.

Throughout the Bible we find that God has always been the hope of His people, especially in difficult times. Our times are not different. The God who does not change will be the hope of His people. God has said, "As truly as I live, the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord". This indicates that His light is going to break through the darkness. How is He going to do it? Thus says the Lord the wilderness is going to blossom into a garden. We live in a time where nothing seems to be going on. Men and women, young and old are all locked down in their homes. Many are asking questions, "what are we going to do? What next is going to happen? When is this going to end? Will we be able to recover from the impact of this blog al pandemic?" Many questions but no answer. I came to tell you - the wilderness is going to blossom into a garden and the desert shall flourish like the cedars of Lebanon. Previous One, this is the season to raise high the hope of your expectations. This message will bless you more

When sin is present the glory of God ceases. And pestilence fills the vacuum. This was the case when the children of Israel sinned in the days of Eli the priest and prophet of God.

They went to war against th Philistines. The ark of God which is the symbol of the presence of God was in the camp of God's people. But once sin is present, His presence and glory will be absent. What happened? Israel was defeated bitterly and for the first time the ark of God was captured.

But if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

When forgiveness comes, God shows forth His glory. As we have sought for His forgiveness, He has pardoned. And because He has pardoned all the earth shall he filled with the glory of the Lord.

Precious One, from today going forward, th glory of the Lord shall fill the whole earth. Do you believe? If you shall truly believe you should see the glory of God in your personal life. This message will bless you more.

Moses also had to intercede for the children of Israel. They had made their mind to return back to Egypt when they were just at the border of the promise land. God concluded - I will disinherit them and wipe them off the face of the earth. And out of Moses I will raise a new generation to take the land. So soon the children of Israel had forgotten that God has been the one fighting for them right from Egypt. He subdued nations before them. He split the Red Sea with the blast of His nostrils. He rebuked kings for their sake. Now, they are faced with the giants of the promise land and their conclusion is that God brought them this far to kill them. They measured themselves against the giants of the land instead of the giants against God. Fear took over them; anxiety gripped them. They said, "let's return back to Egypt". How were they going to cross the Red Sea again without God? You see, when fear seizes your mind, you also lose your strategic mental powers. God was going to wipe them completely but Moses stepped in. Moses' argument was simple because God is a simple God. Moses said, "O my Lord let your power be great" by demonstrating greater long-suffering, great mercy and pardoning their iniquities. In effect, Moses challenged God not to respond to the unfortunate unbelief of these people but rather respond by who He is. The greatness of every power resides in its ability to endure and forgive. God is great and He is all powerful. As a result, He also concluded, "I have Pardoned them according to your word". We have prayed also for our nation, that God would forgive us. We have taken God out of our lives and said, "we don't need Him. We are better off without God". We have permitted what God has called abomination and confusion. And today God says, "I have Pardoned according to your words". So then, let the nations lift up their eyes for their redemption draws nigh because He has pardoned according to our words. Let men and women, young and old, educated and uneducated raise their hope because He has pardoned according to our words. This message will bless you more.

Daniel also had to intercede for his people in the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus. He needed deliverance from captivity for his people. He understood by the books of the prophecies of Jeremiah that the 3time of deliverance is now. Though the prophecies indicated that the time of deliverance for his people is now yet he Daniel understood that it required prayer and fasting with sackcloth and ashes to shift the prophecies into gear. Hence he set his face to fast and pray. And the first thing he did in his prayer of intercession was to acknowledge God and ask for his forgiveness. Why? Daniel was a man of understanding. He knew that if God truly is a God who keeps covenant with those who love Him and keep His Commandment then being in captivity is a proof that God has not kept His covenant with them. And if He has not kept his covenant them its a proof they have not loved Him and kept His commandments. If they have not kept his commandment then they have sinned. So it became necessary that he starts to intercede from the point of their Iniquity. So Daniel's prayer is summed up in this statement - "O Lord Hear, O Lord Forgive." Precious One, it is time for us to cry to God with this same statement - O Lord hear, O Lord forgive our nations, our people, our leaders, our ministers, our judges and corporate officials. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive our fathers, our children our colleagues, our church leaders. O Lord, hear and forgive. This segment will bless you.

Abraham stood between Sodom and God. He negotiated for deliverance for Sodom and Gomorrah. He argued that because the righteous are also in the land it will not be proper for God to destroy the entire cities. God's response was this - if I find twenty people in the land I will not destroy it. How about ten righteous? God's response was the same - if I find ten righteous there I will not destroy it. This suggests that God was willing to spare the entire cities if ten righteous men were there. Now, if a matter between man and God, another man can intercede how much more a matter between man and hell? For the sake of the righteous in the land it cannot be considered proper that our cities and nations be destroy. It can't be proper. If we can negotiate God on behalf of another man, city or nation then we can command and rebuke the devil and hell on behalf of the same. We can lift up a standard against every flood of demonic pandemics and pestilence. If believers would pray on behalf of the nations of this world we will bring the power of God to bear on the current situation that confronts us. Remember, whatsoever we shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. This message will charge you to intercede like never before.

And I sought for a man among them, to make up the hedge and to stand in the gap.... But there was none. When the natural is overwhelmed the supernatural must be brought to bear on that realm. When man's effort becomes inadequate, divine effort must be invoked. At such a time like this God needs a man who can stand as a wall against the pandemic and a bridge between the natural and the supernatural so that deliverance can happen, miracles can occur and the salvation of the Lord would be revealed. God needs an intercessor at such a time like this. A man or woman who will want to pray at least one hour everyday on behalf of our world today. It is good to share and forward protocols that helps people to stay safe. But it's better when you are also interceding for our world. When James was arrested and beheaded it was because the church did not intercede. Hence Herod didn't see why he can't take Peter as well. When Peter was arrested and imprisoned, men and women prayed. The angel of the Lord was sent to deliver him. Intercession procures uncommon results. This message will bless you more.

Crisis has a way of making you fear and perpetually have the worse case scenario set before your eyes. You are always hoping that the worse will not happen. Jacob was being cheated by his own uncle. What a crisis. He wanted to turn the situation around. God appeared unto him and said, if you want th animals to give birth to speckled and spotted offspring set peeled rods of chestnuts in the watering trough. When the animals come to drink, their eyes would be set on them, and reproduce he same. What you set before you during prayer or crisis, will be produced in your life. Joseph was sold into slavery. It took 22 years for him to meet hi brothers and to reveal himself to them. Joseph, who understood how to live above crisis said, "you meant it for evil but God meant it for good. God sent me ahead of you to preserve your life. So God had a bigger plan. Jacob and his family would have perished if Joseph had not bee sent 22 years ahead. The God who saw 22 years ahead before famine crisis came upon the then known world and therefore sent Joseph ahead, that same God is 22 years ahead of you. Before your crisis emerged He had sent someone ahead of you 22 years ago. Precious One, this is why you need to raise your expectations. Help is on the way. Your God is gone ahead of you. Let your whole body reflect that God did send a Joseph ahead of you 22 years ago. This message will bless you more.