Month: December 2023 (Page 1 of 3)

This morning in my communion time the Holy Spirit pointed out to me that as we are on the verge of 2024 we need to ensure our footing is completely resting on what the Holy Spirit will do for us and not on our gifting and its ability to work for us which we are used to experiencing. Let these words from the Holy Spirit minister grace to you so you are in perfect mode in oneness with the Lord in relationship terms so your forward movement and progress are not hindered and hampered.

As I was concluding my communion time with the Holy Spirit this morning He then extended the time by asking me to share with you the process of transition in the Spirit realm that we need to embrace and not fight to see His glory manifested in our lives. I recall the time I entered a season where the Holy Spirit rolled out visions to me of all my events happening and it was as if every prayer I prayed was answered and I became so confident in it because it worked and became a little complacent because things were just happening.

It was as if I was seeing what God was doing and just repeating what I saw in real life and having the results of the vision. John.5:19 was in operation in my life : Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

Then the season ended and I was no longer having as many visions of events and I was becoming uncomfortable because it looked like God through the Holy Spirit was no longer there just working clock work for me.

However I realized as the time of transition went on I was becoming more aware and conscious of satanic strategies and schemes that looked so God breathed it needed careful discernment to recognize and detect it was satan speaking through even men of God who had track records of accuracy in receiving from God being used to throw me off the path and lead me to compromise and fall into temptation and then end up being dragged into places I had no business visiting.

The target was to defile the purity of my walk with the Lord and steal my ability to be fruitful and effective in working out answers to my prayers. My spiritual senses were being expanded by the Lord to see beyond the plain and over the mountain right through to the place of triumph regardless of any arising obstacles. However if I remained stuck in the vision realm alone I could be misled into paths that brought me back down to nothingness.

It was very real because the gift I had relied on did not seem to have the answer for the present reality and my relationship with the Lord was going to be needed desperately to guide me through in this present situation. In this season the Holy Spirit began teaching me about how men of God in the Bible had missed the end of their mission and how others succeeded when their gift came short because greater than the gift was required and their communion time with God brought them through and elevated them into greater realms of glory.

Let me share with you some of the scriptures the Lord used to awaken me to this reality and deliver me from many different situations that could have taken me out. Thank God for the work of grace the Holy Spirit makes available in our weaknesses.

In Daniel.2:4-6 we read these words : Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. 6 However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

What the King is requesting in this instance is a gift no human can ever possess because God does not give any human the control over what another receives and gives us a free will to choose. Now the Holy Spirit pointed out to me the gift Daniel had in Daniel.1:17: As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Now notice Daniel had the gift of understanding all visions and dreams but not receiving the dream. However in this situation as the King was not going to tell the dream Daniel’s gift of interpretation was going to be worthless.

It dawned on me that Daniel never reached his full potential on the basis of his gift but on His ability to converse with God and obtain an answer when death faced him that only God knew and would reveal to him. This enabled me to see that my gift was not the most important thing because what happens when more than your gift is required. Let’s follow through the story with Daniel.

In Daniel.2:16-19 we read these words : So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18 that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

What if Daniel had compromised those three years before by eating the food and drinking the wine which would defile them. Would he be able to call on God and receive this answer at this time when it went beyond his gift. Certainly not. You see I realized by the Holy Spirit that my constant communion with the Holy Spirit is far more important than my gift from Him because He is greater than the gift He gives and knows everything which is where Daniel lived.

Just look at the reward Daniel receives because of His commitment to communion with God. In Daniel.2:27 & 28 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:

Daniel.2:46-49 shows us what the reward for walking with God brings in your life :Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him. 47 The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” 48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

You know what I realized was that the transition into closer daily communion with the Lord far outweighed the visions I was receiving and the greater rewards of constant communion with the Holy Spirit made me appreciate the Holy Spirit more for not letting me settle with just the gift. You will also find that Joseph’s gift of dream interpretation did not give him success before Pharaoh but the answer of peace from the Lord.

Genesis.41:14-16 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.” 16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” Joseph had come to the place where he realized that his gift could not cut it and said it is not in me but God has a way and that brought him into prominence.

There are many more stories from the bible I can share that the Holy Spirit revealed to me that prove this fact and reality in God.However there is more than enough grace in these words to carry you through your transition and bring you to the side of triumph in the Lord. May you embrace these truths and repent of ever worshiping at the altar of your gift which God gave and return back to your place at the right hand of God from where you cannot be removed.

The gift can also fail you and you can disqualify yourself from the ability to operate in the gift through sin. Let the Holy Spirit have you back in communion and fellowship with Him so you can once again progress forward in Jesus name. Amen.

Keep hold of the disciplines and practice of taking time to seek the Lord and remain before Him regardless of how things look until He gives the answer of peace you need to come through. It will be your way out no matter what it appears to be in the now. Stay connected by continuous communion and fellowship with the Holy Spirit and embrace a way out into triumph. Let this be your goal and determined pursuit this year in Jesus name. Amen.

This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He reminded me of the value of us remembering where He started us from and the importance of the foundation of His reality in our lives as this is the bedrock and foundation of our existence in Jesus. What men say of us as we expand in the things of the Kingdom and the miraculous is seen in our lives does not make us great but our continued pursuit of communion with the Holy Spirit and where He is leading keeps us at the forefront of what the Lord wants to achieve in our lives.

So today take time to ensure you are walking in step with the Holy Spirit and not drifting in the praise of men which is a snare. Allow these words to supply you grace to be in the centre of God’s will and off the side roads of life in the Holy Spirit and propel you into all the father has for you in this coming year

The Holy Spirit wants me to share further our need to trust more what He says for our lives than the things Mens experts say. In my time with the Holy Spirit I am only able to share part of the whole picture that He shares with me that is pertinent to what you would need to strengthen and equip you each day to take action to get back moving in the things of the Kingdom of Jesus and start bearing the fruit that Jesus pointed out we should have.

In John.15:8 we are told these words by Jesus. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. From these words we understand that Jesus expects that a disciple of His should be a fruit bearer.

“It is not enough to be a word hearer of Jesus because following Jesus is worthy of bearing fruit and we have that responsibility to bring forth fruit worthy of the Lord.”

The father is glorified when we bear much fruit. The things of the Kingdom and service to Jesus are not abstract; they are real and are measured by bearing fruit. Jesus told every disciple that He chose to follow Him and He will make them fishers of men.

Notice that everything Jesus asks us to do has a reward attached to it. He did not say follow Me and you will become a better person and that is sufficient. You will be able to catch men for the Kingdom. Your nature and character in following Jesus will change dramatically because you will become a worker of righteousness because He is righteous and hates lawlessness but the end result is that you will bring fruit into the Kingdom. Jesus works on our character and nature so that our spirits are connected to Him and not human nature or that of the devil.

The Holy Spirit sets us apart for service to Jesus and this involves separation from many things and people. The Holy Spirit first works at separating us from the things that hold us bound and captive and this includes family and the ways we were trained to think and do things which will always be an obstacle in obeying the Lord because the ways of the Lord are completely different from our ways. We must forsake our old ways of thinking in order to take hold of God’s way of thinking and doing things in order to become a fruit bearer.

I remember when I got saved in 1989 and had a passion for reading the bible and studying to know and understand what God required of me as a person to serve Him. As I grew in knowledge of the word People constantly told me I was a teacher of scripture and sought to give me titles, but the Holy Spirit said to me that I was only a follower of Jesus and would have in my life all that was needed to follow Him fully, as opposed to what men said I should have which would limit my service to Him and make me a man pleaser.

“We are called to follow Jesus and this process never comes to an end.”

“We never reach a point where we become Master and take over Jesus and become leader. That is a dangerous place to be when we begin to lead ourselves and cut out the voice of the Holy Spirit.”

This scripture in 1Peter.1:2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. Became the pursuit of mine as the Holy Spirit pointed out to me that regardless of my election by foreknowledge of God if the sanctification of the Holy Spirit did not happen I would be disqualified and have nothing but words that I am elected, but no fruit of that election in my life.

“I realized that the process of sanctification which simply means separated from and set apart to Holiness in God did not happen on a continuous basis I would miss out.”

This process went on to separate me from family and everything I held dear and of value in the natural and set me apart to a new way of thinking and doing things according to God’s pattern. Believe me they are completely different but, God’s ways bring freedom which remains and much fruit in life.

In following the Lord everything I needed for life and Godliness was supplied and not just gifts which are only necessary for individual situations like healing. But to have the Holy Spirit’s friendship means I can have His ability every time no matter what is required because He is the Owner of everything God has and can manifest them at any time.

“We are trees of righteousness that bear fruits of righteousness, not gifts of gifts that produce lawlessness.” The planting of the Lord so He is glorified.

“Well that is the job of the Holy Spirit to glorify Jesus alone and bring Him the fruit worthy of His name through our lives surrendered to Him.”

“Final warning: don’t let people label you no matter what God does through your life because that label will become your limitation and point of regression.”

When I first visited America to minister I was called a healing Evangelist because healings happened in my meetings, then the Holy Spirit started prophesying through me and they called me Prophet, the Holy Spirit started working deliverance through me and they called me a deliverance minister and the Holy Spirit started working miracles through me and they called me a miracle worker.

I thank God that the Holy Spirit said to me don’t take anything they say you are but just follow Me and let Me have My way in your life and whatever is necessary for peoples lives I will provide and you will continue to grow in the Lord and the power of His might.

I pray today that as you have heard these words the grace supplied through them will enable you to rise above the situations you are finding it difficult to separate from and make the necessary separation and be free to walk with the Holy Spirit and you will experience such freedom you will ask yourself why did I not do this earlier and saved myself so much pain and sorrow staying with what held me captive.

Let your life be set apart to what the Holy Spirit wants for you which is a fruitful life which is what following His voice will bring you to. “

The Holy Spirit will truly make you fruitful for Jesus because that is His responsibility and He never fails in His faithfulness to do His work.” Rise up today and separate from what is killing you and be set apart to what will lift and elevate you in Jesus name. Amen.

In my communion time with the Holy Spirit He pointed out that I share this word with you as you prepare for your new story of triumph in 2024 the things you need to lay down and the things you need to pick up, meditate and dwell on fully and more comprehensively on to ensure you remain steadfast in your pursuit in God. So allow these words to saturate your being and propel you forwards in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit says today go ahead and lay aside the weight, the pressure and the agonizing that intends to draw you away from the path of the Lord and focus your attention on the things which seem to arise that are demanding your attention and requiring you to stop in your tracks and do them because they are priority or else you will go down.

The Holy Spirit says to tell you you will not go down doing the will of the Lord. Take a stand and refuse to back down regardless of the pressure and temptation that is seeming to overtake your sense and force you to take the sin action/option and compromise which means you lose out on the God promise.

Remember that you have the Author and Finisher of your Faith with you to encourage and strengthen you and keep you from falling and present you blameless before Him. You have the grace to resist this temptation and what you are facing Jesus already went through on your behalf and will aid you as you look to Him for the resilience and not to quit because of this sudden attack that has emerged to make you give into the sin that so easily ensnares you and impedes your forward movement.

Agree with the Holy Spirit and resist this onslaught and move forward and lay hold of the faith you began with which Jesus authored and it will turn out according to your earnest expectation and hope that in nothing will you be ashamed. Glory will emerge for you on the other side of this trial but remain faithful in your commitment to the Lord and don’t be moved no matter what, you will make it if you don’t faint and give in now.

The Holy Spirit reminded me of a situation where we were on a small boat crossing over to freetown Sierra Leone on the Atlantic Ocean and the boat’s engine stopped and they did not know what had happened and there was such fear and trepidation all around and frantic attempts to do much to rectify the situation but nothing doing, they could not get the engine back on, but the Lord said in the middle of all that fear you will make it across and a wonderful calm rested on us because we knew from the Lord that we would be saved and not perish.

We indeed were saved as the Holy Spirit said and the boat was sorted out and the engine fixed and we crossed over unharmed by this attack.

A plastic bag had caught around the engine of the boat and stopped the propeller moving we were told but it finally snapped loose and the engine could come back on and we were brought to shore.

The Holy Spirit said to share this testimony to encourage you that no matter how it appears and looks don’t give into the fear and sin but resist it and press forward not allowing your forward movement to be impeded.

That event went on to become a building block and reminder that when God says do something no matter what the obstacle is, the Lord will make a way for you to go forward. I have used it over and over in impossible situations to remind me of God’s faithfulness and it always works for my trust.

May you today as you receive these words find the grace to propel you forward in spite of the challenge and bring you forward to a victory that becomes an arsenal in your quiver of the greatness of the Lord to deliver you, I say in the name of Jesus and give you a new story of triumph. Amen.

The Holy Spirit in my communion time with Him this morning reminded me of this issue with hypocrisy and our willingness to discern and deal with it if we are to have victory in situations in our lives as it will continue to surface because it is a weapon set to keep followers of Jesus to stumble and give access to defeat from a position of victory. So allow these words to minister life and wisdom and understanding to you today as you look to the New Year and what is ahead for you in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit reminded me this morning of something to beware of in all my doings in life that Jesus spoke emphatically to His disciples in Luke:12:1 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. To watch out for hypocrisy that comes from people and hypocrisy that flows from yourself.

Proverbs:26.24-26 Kind words can be a cover to conceal hatred of others, for hypocrisy loves to hide behind flattery.25 So don’t be drawn in by the hypocrite, for his gracious speech is a charade, nothing but a masquerade covering his hatred and evil on parade. 26 Don’t worry—he can’t keep the mask on for long. One day his hypocrisy will be exposed before all the world.

When you look at this scripture you can understand why Jesus made it a priority to teach His disciples this important truth because it would be an issue they would have to deal with every day and mastery of it would be vital to their progress or failure, because depending on whether they could see through hypocrisy would determine how they would walk with or refrain from walking with individuals.

The first point the Holy Spirit made clear was that hypocrisy had the garb of much praise and flattery which is a lie and discernment of this in individuals would show whether you fall for it or not. He pointed out that their gracious speech is a charade and masks the hatred and evil of their heart on show.

He reminded me of Judas at the home of Martha in John:12.4-6 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, 5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

It appears from this verse that judas was against waste and had a special place in his heart for the poor and was even more concerned than Jesus who was basking in the gift Mary was giving Him but it turned out that judas’ motive was not the poor but that he could not lay hold of the money the fragrant oil would bring in if it were sold because he was a thief not a minister to the poor.

Everybody who witnessed that event would have thought and said that judas had a special gift and passion for the poor because of what he said not did, however Jesus knew it was a charade and dealt with it squarely and blessed Mary for her offering of love for her Master Jesus and her guaranteed reward for doing this wonderful deed which judas was seeking to show as an extravagant waste of money which could be put to a more important use.

Well by John:13 we get to see who Judas really was when he betrayed his Master again for money (his heart was still the same) and the kiss he used to express love though again it was a charade as it showed his hatred and evil heart in full view. You can’t hide your heart, it will expose who you really are.

Now you can see why Jesus made this issue of hypocrisy so important because it needs to be spiritually discerned because in the natural it really looks like wisdom and good deeds but is sensual and demonic in nature because it is really a lie and there is no truth in it seeking for you to approve it as true. Well today the Holy Spirit wants you to begin to weigh or judge hypocrisy in your life and watch for it in your dealings with people and make sure you are not swayed by its persuasive natural evidence.

The Holy Spirit just reminded me of an incident I had when ministering in Botswana. I had ministered that whole day to a lady that evening and as she brought me home and there was another lady waiting for me at home and she was complaining on my behalf that people should give me space and not keep expecting me to be available at all times to help them.

However the Lord spoke to me and said minister to her for she will be a blessing to you so I ignored the ladies advice and good words and ministered to her and that day she was saved from a potential accident that would take her life and yes she became the blessing to me God said she would be and support in my life and ministry for several years while the other lady did nothing for me though I had given her my time and ministry that day and other times before and after.He reminded me that just looking at the seeming good intentions of people do not truly reflect who they are so we need to follow the Holy Spirits discernment and do as He requires for in that obedience is life.

My prayer for you today is that you allow these words to take root in your hearts and change your view and perception of events and be freed from the power of hypocrisy and find the life Jesus purposed for you because you walk with truth and not a charade put on display to take you down.

May God’s grace in these words empower you to discern correctly and deliver you from past misjudgements that are still costing you and potential new ones being hatched against you so that freedom in the Holy Spirit will guard you against all hypocrisy and keep you as it did Jesus from losing His reward and you yours.

Have a fruitful and productive day radiating in the Presence of the Lord loaded with benefits in Jesus Name. Amen.

This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He reminded me of how connected He is to Jesus and what having a relationship with Him does for our lives. The atmosphere we are able to create and have when the Holy Spirit is present not just for ourselves but what it makes available for others too. In 2 Corinthians.3:16 & 17 we read these awesome words. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

The reality in this scripture is that we as humans are veiled about so many situations and things in life and are at a disadvantage because we lack the true understanding of how and what is necessary to correctly process them and come up with the right conclusions and solutions that will resolve the issues. We are most times blindsided because we are unable to see the full view/picture of what faces us.

This is why it is so important for us to repent and turn to the Lord because only when we turn to Him is the veil that covers our minds removed and we begin to see clearly what is evident in the Spirit to correct and make good what is lacking and deficient in any situation in life.

The covering or veil that blocks us is taken away when we turn to the Lord. This is why it is so important to develop a dedicated communion time with the Holy Spirit each day because the Lord Jesus is the Spirit. Remember John.14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

The Holy Spirit is one with Jesus and helps remove the veil on our hearts and minds to enable us embrace truth and know all things because He knows all things and can reveal them to us.

This progression goes much further because where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. If the Holy Spirit is present in any environment there will be freedom and liberty for people.

I realized as I have walked with the Holy Spirit that when I bring Him into any environment I come into people suddenly become spiritually aware and conscious and start to become even prophetic and aware of the true picture of situations.People seem to have insight into deep things, there spirits seem to be energized.

I always stand in awe of what happens when the Holy Spirit begins His operation in the lives of men and women. I remember occasions when I had gone to the supermarket,in this particular one I met a former classmate of mine and I was with someone who I was mentoring at the time and this guy I had not seen since our days in secondary school and he recognised me and started speaking to the person I was mentoring about how to deal with an anointed person and not to take for granted someone full of the Holy Spirit.

When we were in school together I was not even saved so how did he know? He kept speaking words to the effect of how an anointed person should be treated to this disciple and what a privilege it was for her to have this available in her life.

I never said a word throughout the time and she kept marveling at how real the Lord was as she observed what the Holy Spirit did through that event and how He took hold of the tongue of someone to confirm to her, that her choice to commit to the Lord and follow Him by hearing from my experience with the Lord to be equipped for the Lord’s service as I had taught how the Holy Spirit would confirm true events to them to ensure they knew the truth in certain terms. In other words, they have proof of the teaching they received.

Liberty was in the air because of the Holy Spirit who was present with me. This was commonplace with me when I went out shopping. I saw the Holy Spirit work miracles in people’s life everywhere which is exactly what happened in the life of the Apostles of Jesus and Jesus Himself. He met people where they were and changed their lives.

We forget that all the disciples who became Apostles of Jesus were called out from their circular jobs or business by Jesus to follow Him. The Kingdom is not just Church activities but it takes over the earth realm. In the book of Acts the men in Ephesus describe Paul as the man changing the world upside down. However it is really upside up because the Kingdom is what is true life going upwards.

We need to be able to bring the Kingdom reality to people where they are by bringing the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to exude the liberty and freedom of Jesus to those oppressed of the devil and make people’s lives new.

The liberty the Holy Spirit brings is not an allowance for every fleshly evil actions and all types of vulgarity, but true freedom from the things of sin and iniquity and other forms of bondage and oppression of the devil.

I pray that as you hear and receive this word it will take root in your heart and become your pursuit. May you walk in the grace these words supply to you and become an agent of bringing the liberty of the Holy Spirit everywhere you go and a complete change of environment that brings Jesus on the scene and an expansion of His Kingdom on earth.

Remember that it is simple obedience to what Jesus says that brings results. The Holy Spirit wants each of us to walk in the place Jesus ordained for us to walk and will help us if only we are willing to obey Him and follow His path for life.

May the Holy Spirit guide you to walk everyday in the liberty He supplies and make you into a new being that truly represents Jesus in signs, wonders and various miracles that glorify Jesus and turn souls to Him to serve and follow Him with their lives in Jesus name. Amen.

In my communion time with the Holy Spirit this morning He reminded me of how Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit on occasion and how we must have that same mindset and posture in our lives about what is worth rejoicing over. In Luke.10:21 & 22 we read these words : In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 22 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

Now this discourse of Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit comes on the back of what caused His disciples to rejoice in Luke.10:17-20 which reads : 17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” 18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

Now when we look at what made the Disciples rejoice versus what prompted Jesus to rejoice we see a complete difference in thought, intent, purpose and reason as to why each person chose to rejoice. I certainly want to rejoice on the grounds and basis Jesus rejoices because He is my Master and Lord and do not want to fall into the shoes of temporary rejoicing that can disqualify me from my position. Several years ago as I studied this scripture the Holy Spirit revealed to me that if I did not see satan fall in any situation I dealt with the job was not complete.This became my process and it always worked.

This is because Jesus said I saw satan fall from a position or place of authority he was ruling in, like lightning. I also came to understand that the delegated authority you are given to use is not authority you own or possess but which you are allowed to use as long as you abide by the rules given to operate in that authority. Jesus therefore ruled from the place where He knew exactly how satan fell whereas the Disciples only used His name unconscious of what operation that transpired in the Spirit realm that dethroned those spirits, but only saw those spirits obeying their commands in Jesus name.

Now Jesus then explains to them what has happened and points out clearly that they should not rejoice in the fact that the spirits are subject to them but in that their names are written in heaven. This is because those spirits did not die but were removed from service and could be released again and defeat those Disciples because they did not know them or understand how they could be affected by them though those spirits had obeyed the command of Jesus’s name not their voice. In Acts.19:15 we read these words : And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

This makes it perfectly clear that spirits check if you have a place in heaven in Jesus and not what you scream out and declare. They knew the authority Jesus walked in and also the authority Paul walked in and respected that position and made it clear. This shows us why Jesus said don’t rejoice that the spirits are subject to you but that your names are written in heaven because that is your ticket to continued triumph over satan and His Kingdom your abiding in Jesus and His abiding in you.

Jesus wants us to rejoice because we follow Him and have revelation from Him to live out our lives on earth by the Holy Spirit not just actions that make us look powerful and capable of doing miraculous things in a singular event.Jesus rejoiced not that the spirits fled at His name but at His position of relationship with His Father and the guarantee that from that place He could never be moved because His father was the greatest and could never be defeated and Jesus could rejoice in what was eternal not temporary. The position of humility before God and total reliance and dependence on Him for everything is what we must rejoice in, the Holy Spirit reminded me and find our confidence and dependence on not what we achieve.

The Apostle Paul makes this truth clear when in Galatians.1:15-17 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. The authority Paul walked in only came as Jesus was revealed in Paul as opposed to when Jesus was revealed to Paul in Acts.9.

My prayer for you this morning is that as you hear and receive these words you will be convicted and make the necessary changes and find the grace supplied in these words that enables you to again walk in this place and find the comfort and rest in the Holy Spirit that will propel you into the fulfillment of the plan of Jesus for your life which will bring glory to His name as you go forth and bear much fruit for Jesus and fruit that remains as an expansion of His Kingdom of which there is no end in Jesus name. Amen.

A Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous, Productive and Supernatural 2024 to you and your family.

In my communion time with the Holy Spirit this morning He spoke to me saying tell my people to take the remaining days in this year to seek Him concerning your lives and various patterns of failure that have plagued you. Seek Him to break and remove all the blocks in the pathway of your existence that have robbed you and hindered you from bringing to birth all the things that the Lord has promised you would see happen in your life.

In Luke.4:1 & 2 we read these words : Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

The Holy Spirit pointed out that after Jesus had experienced a public acknowledgement by the Holy Spirit and John with infallible evidence. Jesus did not immediately go head long into ministry but to the process of further consecration before the Lord to deal with all the offers the world through satan could present Him as an easy way out rather than more time with the Holy Spirit to empower and enable Him to walk victoriously in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The end story of this time in the wilderness is where the Holy Spirit wants you to walk in at the end of this year. Luke.4:14 & 15 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. 15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. This last lap of allowing the Holy Spirit to clothe us with His anointing and power is where we want to as followers of Jesus to walk and live on a daily basis.

The Lord needs us to come into the place where we prepare the way for the Lord to come in and do His purpose and plan of extending His Kingdom so He is glorified in our lives. It is far more important to do this final cleansing with the Lord than to go out without the manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit.

As Jesus pointed out to His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high. Luke.24:49 : Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”They were appointed, commissioned but not anointed yet with the power necessary to accomplish the work.

May you find the grace to wait till the investiture of power from the Holy Spirit falls upon you so you can manifest His glory in this season and time God has appointed to demonstrate His power through your hand to glorify His wonderful name.

Let the Holy Spirit work and walk in you to be given as a son of God in this season as a representation of Jesus for men to see and turn to serve Him as Lord and King thus expanding His Kingdom on earth.

You are Trophies of His Grace, Emblems of Praise, A Sign and Wonder, The proof of God’s Triumphing and A Word from the Lord to His enemies. Give yourselves these remaining days of the year to seek the Holy Spirit for the Lord’s way for your life next year in Jesus name. Amen.

This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He pointed out to me that in all the busyness of Christmas food and shopping we need to be focused on what lies ahead in January and not allow the enemy to drag us away from the plans of God for our triumph through natural things that fade away and are only for the present. We are not to be shortsighted as Peter mentions in his letter 2 Peter.1:9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

Our spiritual eyes must be alert and awakened to lay hold of every purpose and plan of the Holy Spirit to bring us into our desired haven of rest in the Lord. We are soldiers in the Lord’s army and need to be ready to contend and take territory when our Master gives orders. Slowness and slackness in the Spirit can rob us of seasons of time and opportunity to possess and rerun us more battles and fights we have already overcome.

Let these words be an alert and the sound of alarm to awaken you to the necessary action required to inherit your promise in God and may grace be supplied you to go beyond what is seen and embrace what the Holy Spirit is creating before you for glory.

Holy Spirit this morning I welcome you into my life and I give you full permission to govern the affairs of my life today. I donate my body to you to express the will of Jesus through me. I give you my heart and I give you my soul and I choose to live for You alone, so let every breath I take and every moment I am awake You Holy Spirit have your way in me. Let my life only reflect Jesus today and let me be a perfect example of His character lived out for men to see.

I realized again afresh this morning how much it is necessary that I keep open to new truths the Holy Spirit has available each morning to impart to empower me for the daily tasks of each day.

The Holy Spirit pointed out to me that I need to pick up the fragments of the works He did in the past seasons of my life and hand them over to Him because they contain the seed of His power and allow Him to recreate the full measure of glory the Lord purposed to work out in and through me in this present season.

“The Holy Spirit is a master builder and knows exactly what material is necessary to rebuild the Temple of the Lord, whose bodies we are and our lives are to the Lord.”

We are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and only He knows exactly what is necessary to rebuild the Temple to the standard required for us to function in the place we were created to walk in which will glorify Jesus.

In 1 Corinthians.6:19 & 20 we read these words Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

“The clay never determines what the Potter will make of it.”

“The clay will be crafted and made to serve the purpose of the Potter who knows exactly the purpose for each vessel He wants to create and how it should function to glorify the Potter.”

“We need to surrender more and more to the Holy Spirit and stop fighting His guidance and direction for what men say and recommend we should be.”

“ We are not clones of men’s ministries but products of the Holy Spirit.”

“ Your life was not created to give credence to the effectiveness of the discipleship of a well known and trusted ministry but to serve the purpose of God on earth.”

In Acts.13:2 we read these beautiful words As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Paul and Barnabas were doing a great work equipping the saints in Antioch over a certain period of time but notice when that time of training was completed the Holy Spirit said separate Paul and Barnabas to the work I called them to do which was outside the confines of the Church so they had to leave church circles to see that word fulfilled regardless of their years of work in the Church.

The purpose of the Holy Spirit in the life of Paul and Barnabas was never going to be manifested with them ministering in that Church vicinity. They needed to be guided by the Holy Spirit not the Church board on where to go and reach for the Kingdom to fulfill the plan of God for their lives.

If you look further down chapter 13 of Acts you will see a new authority working in Paul and Barnabas and the miraculous demonstration through them at a much greater level that influenced regions and heads in government positions of authority as they went in the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Sergius Paulus the ProConsul was impacted by their ministry and saw the teaching of the Lord defeat sorcery in real terms and could make a choice for Jesus on real facts of a real tangible miracle that could not be denied.

Today I believe the Holy Spirit wants to free you from blocks and barriers you have submitted to that are hindering your forward movement in the Spirit and have reduced you to mere teaching posts that are eating into the fabric of your lives as you know there is much more to your call and destiny but you feel trapped.

Well the Holy Spirit is sharing this word to you today to make available fresh grace to step out into trusting the leading and guiding of the Holy Spirit back to the place where His miraculous Presence begins to lead and guide you to impact the Nations and people He ordained for you to reach for His glory.

Take the step forward in the Holy Spirit. He is faithful and will only guide you into truth which will free you. His only goal is your walking in the perfect will of God specifically ordained for your individual life, nothing else. He does nothing for His benefit but only for the glory of Jesus so you can trust His judgments on your behalf. They will only position you for what Jesus purposed and planned for you to inherit for His glory.

So get up and out of bondage and walk in the liberty of the Holy Spirit which is before you in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning wants you to recollect to mind every word that He has spoken concerning your life that has not come to pass as yet. He wants you to begin the process of again bringing to the forefront of your mind things that have eluded you and things you are certain in your mind will not happen for you again which you have placed firmly on the back burner of your life. Before I continue let me remind you of the Person of the Holy Spirit that is requesting you to make this shift in your thinking.

In John.14:25 & 26 we read these words “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Jesus was conscious of the fact that as time passes by we would forget many of the things God spoke to us because they never came to pass or we just forget them as various incidents in life happened to question their validity in our lives or satan does things in our circumstances that makes their reality look impossible.

Whichever of these factors that makes us lose consciousness of what the Lord has spoken, the Holy Spirit never forgets what Jesus promised us and will supernaturally bring it back to our remembrance when the time for manifestation comes round and believe me it surely will come and help position us to receive it.

In the prophecy that God gives to Zechariah in Zechariah.4:1 & 2 Now the angel who talked with me came back and woke me, as a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” He had gone to sleep about what the Lord had said and literally forgot it.

The Lord brought it back to mind so that His word could come to pass in this life and start afresh as a person awakened. This also goes on to happen for Zerrubabel who began rebuilding the Temple and ceased working on it for a time, but through this word was going to be stirred back to go and finish that work he started with shouts of grace, grace to it.

In the process of rebuilding the necessary wisdom, ability and strength was added to empower them to finish the God plan. Look at Zechariah.4:5-10 and see how the Holy Spirit provides a new way to complete what had started and now stopped. Just look at the words He spoke to Zerubabel to stir him to action. Zechariah.4:6 & 7 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”

This same Person of the Holy Spirit who worked with Zerubabel to bring down mountains to accomplish the will of God and complete a work that had been stopped by force now is empowered to get back to action because the Holy Spirit brings to remembrance the plan of God with a might and power which cannot be stopped because the word of the Lord remains eternally and cannot be thwarted, stopped or hindered.

Well today it is the Same Holy Spirit saying to me to you today to awaken from your sleep on the words He has spoken over you in the past and posture yourself in word and deed to see the manifestation of the word of the Lord.

Let the words of the Lord come back alive in you and find new sparks of grace that drive through to accomplishment and fulfillment of God’s plan. Let this overtake you so that as Zerubbabel experienced mountain moving ability to overcome every obstacle to finish the building he had started so you will find that level of grace and more to bring you through to the finish line of the words God spoke over your life so that the name of Jesus will be glorified in your life just as He said it will.

I pray that the grace of the Lord you experience in this miraculous working will remain as a mark and turning point in your life that you will always be able to look back to and laugh at any new challenge that seeks to threaten you again, because you are fully persuaded about the outstanding ability of God working in your life in Jesus name to conclude the work He started in you. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time with Him pointed out to me emphatically that when the word says “Let God arise and all His enemies be scattered” we need to embrace the reality of that truth and how that applies to us and what we are facing.

The Holy Spirit pointed out to me that we almost by rote think that when God arises enemies are scattered in general but fail to recognise that it means those enemies that have come against us are scattered and we will see them no more available to afflict and seduce us from truth that makes us free.

The Holy Spirit then reminded me of what happened to me at the start of my journey when Jesus invited me to follow Him. I was renting an accommodation with a cousin who suddenly became a thorn in my flesh once I decided to follow Jesus completely. In a vision I saw some lady saying that in our family we cannot go after the power of God.

She pointed out to me that we could be religious but she would fight if we opted to go after the power of the Lord. All I had done was accept the invitation of Jesus and now was facing obstacles and attacks.

This cousin now suddenly started calling and invoking ancestral spirits to come into the house and would say to me today we are coming to kill you but we are afraid that the living God will save you. This reality that the living God would save me gave me assurance that I would not be harmed because it was clear I was being protected from the enemy barrage of attacks..

I came to realize that they were doing things against me and what they were doing was failing because the Hand of the Lord was continually protecting me. She was possessed with satanic power that was targeted against me but I chose to express love to her and not fear her threats.She began doing things that compromised the security and safety of the house such as exposing the wires of the light sockets by taking off the bulb holders and leaving the live wires exposed.

Family relations had told me to throw her out immediately because she was a problem but I did not want to step out of the love of God. However when there was this compromise to the house I had to inform the Landlord who then asked her to leave because he did not want his house to be lost in a fire.

She was then thrown out and I was free. Now she went to stay with other family cousins and attempted to burn their house down because she claimed she had failed in her mission to destroy me and satan was requiring her life. She actually set the house on fire and sat in a circle around herself which she set on fire with all the papers of things she had failed to accomplish against me and when they called in the Fire brigade she was emphatically telling them that she had set the house on fire because she had failed in her mission to destroy me.

She was arrested and thrown into Prison for attempted arson and she then asked for me to come to her aid and get her out. When reality struck and her supposed power could not help her. She now wanted my God to step in and help her. She now seemed to trust in the ability of God above all she had done against me.

Throughout the whole ordeal the Holy Spirit kept reminding me He was with me and all will be well and that’s how it turned out for me triumphant.

Well what had happened for me was that God arose on my behalf and my enemies were scattered around me and all that drama and continuous threat to my life was removed and I was free to serve the Lord without fear as the Lord had promised.

Today the Holy Spirit reminded me of this event and said in like manner as He arises on my behalf all my enemies are scattered because anything that rises against me in Judgment is working against the Lord as I am serving His purpose on earth. The attacks are because I have chosen to follow His plan so the enemies will be scattered by the Lord so that I am able to fulfill His will. This was my introduction to what satan could cause a human to do against us.

This reality Ananias learnt when Jesus pointed out to him in Acts.9:15 that He had arrested Paul and stopped his assault when Ananias was trying to point out to Jesus how dangerous Paul was and what he was doing against the believers of Jesus.

He was unaware that the Lord was scattering the enemies and was speaking his fears to Jesus. However Jesus points out that Paul is His chosen vessel to carry the message of the Gospel into territory they would never go to.

We need to realize that the Holy Spirit will scatter and dismantle all enemies that rise against us so we are in position to fulfill the will of God. When the Lord said in Isaiah.54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,”Says the Lord. This is reality not a fable.

We must, the Holy Spirit pointed out to me, recognize that He has our backs covered and will do everything necessary to protect us from harm and the power of those against us. If we follow the Lord we will not be moved but our enemies will be scattered and we need to embrace this truth and walk in its reality in our lives on earth in Jesus name. Amen.