Month: March 2025 (Page 2 of 3)

The Holy Spirit spoke these words to me today in my communion time with Him and I was astounded as to why though I knew them before this unveiling of them to me now is staggering. When God turned the captivity of zion we were like they that dreamt.Psalm.126:1.

“There is so much power available in single words the Holy Spirit highlights to you which gives you greater insight on things He has said before which we must give due attention to.

We must be active participants of the revelations given in order to experience a new level of glory we had never known before. So always remember to never take the words of the Holy Spirit lightly.”

“They are Precious Seeds of Life awaiting birthing in your life.”

The Holy Spirit pointed out to me to look closely at the state we are in when we dream. Fully asleep and literally helpless which means no human exertion or will power of strength is involved or needed when we dream.

This means that as God works to turn around your situation you don’t need to be working, thinking or planning what to do but resting confidently and watching His Hand turn around years of disappointment, frustration, loss and oppression.

You will experience the Lord creating beauty out of ashes, and fullness of joy out of sorrow, lemonade out of lemons,and bringing triumph out of tragedy. Joel.2:25-27.

This is the position the Holy Spirit whispered to me we should take in life situations that come to threaten us and take us out of the Lord’s ordained path. This posture allows us to watch the Lord in action by showing Himself strong and mighty to deliver on our behalf.

As the Lord told Jehoshaphat in 2 chronicles.20:15 the battle is the Lord’s so you won’t have to do anything in this battle but praise the Lord. Then proceed triumphantly to collect the spoils of victory which they needed four days to take.

May this reality be your story today as you receive this word and God rolls back years of an issue that has not been resolved where you have done everything and it failed. 

However now suddenly, by His miraculous power you will gain so much benefits out of the pain of this turmoil in Jesus Name. 

It will be like you have dreamt and awakened to the place where everything is brand new in Jesus Name. Amen.

Today in my communion time with the Holy Spirit. He pointed out that we should on purpose choose to let the blood of Jesus poured out for us be the voice that overwhelmingly speaks in our hearts. Revelation.12:11. 

Then permit its potency to propels you to experience the better things, yes all the better things that pertain to your life and Godliness not the things that bring shame and disgrace which sins guilt seeks to draw towards you. 1 Peter.1:18 & 19.

The blood of Jesus has already made the atonement for your soul to be free to serve the Lord in holiness and righteousness all the days of your life. Luke.1:74 & 75. What Jesus has achieved for us are true facts that cannot be revoked.

 Therefore we must establish them in our lives by acting on the truth of their reality which makes us free. John.8:31 & 32.

I encourage you today to let the voice of the blood of Jesus speak so loudly in your heart that it obliterates all shame and disgrace. 

Then permit on purpose the beautiful melody of God’s plan for you to ring out celebrations of miracles, signs and wonders of Jesus’ magnitude to saturate your life today and going forward.

May you today as you hear these words of encouragement receive every grace that the Holy Spirit offers you to walk in this reality in Jesus Name. Amen..

This morning the Holy Spirit in my communion time with Him spoke to me about not asking the Lord for anything that is conceivable. He wants us to graduate to the place where we only think and act as Jesus acts and does. Ephesians.3:20.

The Holy Spirit reminded me that on the day Jesus fed the five thousand in John.6 He did not plan the meal and how much He would need, that is the cost necessary to accomplish that goal but just allowed the direction from the Holy Spirit to lead Him on how to approach the event that arose.

You will notice from the account in John.6 that Jesus asked Philip the question: where will we buy bread to feed these people to eat bread, though Jesus Himself knew what He would do. Jesus was inviting Philip to walk in a place where he Philip could walk if he chose the path of faith in what is inconceivable. This journey would result in the accomplishment of a marvel though they had not planned in the natural way for this miraculous event.

My prayers the Holy Spirit said need to graduate to where I ask for what is not humanly conceivable, but for what will startle men and leave them speechless as the Lord performs His will. John.5:20 & 21.The Holy Spirit reminded me that I have been crucified with Christ which points out that I am dead and gone but Christ has taken up residence in me and now wants to express His faith through me to show just how Awesome and stupendous His power is. Galatians.2:20.

This is because His name is greater than any other name and can do anything at any given point in time. Jesus in John.6 did not need money to buy bread, but He needed faith to believe that God could multiply five loaves and two fish to feed five thousand men plus women and children and have enough left over to fill twelve baskets.

Let us look at what was required to make this miracle happen. Jesus we see had not checked the account that morning with Judas to ascertain that there was enough money in the account to cover that expense. He just lined up His mind to the Holy Spirit and what the Holy Spirit would direct Him to do to make the impossible possible.

Jesus did not spend that morning tossing over and over in His mind how that feeding would take place. He had absolute confidence in what the Holy Spirit would lead Him to do and remained in praise of His Father’s name and only spoke the words His Father directed. Jesus fully cooperated with the instructions of the Holy Spirit and went on to perform that marvel that startled men who observed that event and partook of the multiplied bread and fish.

To show you clearly that Jesus wants us to be partakers of working such miracles in the now of our lives, the Holy Spirit pointed out to me to listen to what He Jesus said to the disciples in Matthew.16:9-11 Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? 10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? 11 How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?

Jesus had expected that the disciples should have understood the process of what happened in each miracle incident of feeding thousands of people from virtually nothing.

From Jesus’s perspective they should have developed from those two events an unshakeable faith and trust that the Lord could do miracles from nothing without any prior notice being given to them ahead of time. Verse.8 makes it perfectly clear that Jesus was not impressed with their lack of comprehension on spiritual matters as yet when He said these words But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread?

Your trust is still way below par because you are struggling concerning provision on such a small matter for your need having experienced far greater provision before on occasions that thousands were fed off the cuff without prior financial preparation.

This is the place the Holy Spirit is pointing out to me this morning that He expects us to be walking in this season where the faith of Jesus will be demonstrated on the earth again for men to see, marvel and be converted to serve Him because He Jesus has the answers for life’s questions.

We should be looking at and expecting to walk in what we as humans cannot conceive or fathom in our hearts, but which the Holy Spirit can birth in the heart that surrenders totally to Him to express Jesus’s will through them. It is clear that dead men don’t do anything but can be carried around anywhere the carrier of the body chooses and be placed there and displayed at the behest of the carrier.

This is why the Apostle Paul pointed out in Galatians.2:20 that we have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer we who live but Christ who lives in us and the life we now live in the flesh, we live by the faith of the Son of God who gave His life for us. What should be manifested through us should be Jesus in action not our weakness which points to the fact that we are still alive.

“The Holy Spirit does not need us alive fighting Him but dead totally submitted to Him.”

Jesus in John.21:18 said these words to Peter Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.”

Peter, Jesus was pointing out would be so dead that He allowed the Holy Spirit to gird him and take him where Peter would not go on his own initiative. This is what the Holy Spirit is alluding to this morning in His conversation to me that we should be asking Him to do what is inconceivable from our perspective but is the mind of Christ for us to accomplish on behalf of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit.

For my part there were two countries I said I would never go to in my life again Sierra Leone and Nigeria but the Holy Spirit changed my heart on both of them and gave me a love for the people that I never believed I could ever have and I have ministered for Jesus to them and had wonderful miraculous results.

I vividly recall the season I was praying for both Countries by direction of the Holy Spirit and after those times of prayer I started just coming in contact with Nigerians and Sierra Leonians who needed my spiritual help in London, then Botswana and the USA.

We cannot run away from the Lord’s plan for our lives as it will keep surfacing in our events and we need to just submit to His will and let the Holy Spirit have His way in us. My parents were Sierra Leoneans but when I left Sierra Leone in 1985 and I thought then that things were bad. I had said I would never come back to this Country. I called it wretched and finished but in 1992 the Lord melted my heart and I started praying for it with the love and grace of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit then began to give me visions of me ministering there which went on to manifest when I went there in 1993 and I saw the Lord through the Holy Spirit do such marvels in terms of miracles, signs and wonders that I grew to love the people and the country again and have been there often on so many more occasions over the years and seen the hand of the Lord manifested in many miraculous ways.

In conclusion this morning I pray that these words will penetrate your hearts and you will find the grace supplied through them to love what you have hated and line up back with the purpose of God for your lives and go on to receive and walk in all Jesus has purposed for you to do for His glory outside your comfort zone in places you never believed you would ever go to and, thus glorify the name of Jesus.

Let your heart also be stirred to walk in the place with the Holy Spirit where you only ask for what is naturally inconceivable to you but which is the heart and mind of Christ for you.

I beseech you to surrender your heart, soul that is your (mind, will ,emotions, intellect) and body to go do what the Holy Spirit leads and guides you to do which contravenes natural law but will show forth the might of the hand of the Lord on your behalf in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Today the Holy Spirit in my communion time with Him shared with me the things He wants us to look at and stand against. So today look at these things you need to stand against and never let them again rule you or have dominion over you.

There are facts of life that Jesus has paid for on your behalf that you have no business allowing them to rob you or threaten you or keep you in bondage one day longer by allowing them the right to master it over you. Galatians.3:13.

The Holy Spirit points out that there are things you must not allow to overcome you and suffer which Jesus has paid the price to free you from. 1 John.5:4.

Let us look at 1 John.3:8 Which says these words: He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Now these words, to us, make us understand without a shadow of doubt the purpose of Jesus for our lives versus the purpose of satan against us.

Sin was initiated in man by satan when Adam submitted to the lie in the garden of eden and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and since that time sin has been the dominant force against man run by satan to keep us bound and controlled by his wicked twisted heart. Romans.5:12-14.

Jesus though, which is what John wants us to know as a fact of life, not a promise we are hoping will come to pass in the future, is that the purpose of Jesus being manifested was to destroy the works of the devil or satan. What are the works of the devil that Jesus went about destroying?

“These are the things the Holy Spirit said we must not allow to rule or have a place in our lives because Jesus has already destroyed them and rendered them impotent against us.”

“Jesus on purpose went after the works of the devil and destroyed them so how can He who destroyed the work of satan then permit it on His beloved ones which we sometimes foolishly believe and accept when satan hits us with sickness, disease or any form of bondage and oppression.”

Just look at what Peter said in Acts.10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

Look at the purpose and intent of Jesus in life He went about doing good not evil and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. “This clearly shows us that oppression is caused and initiated by the devil not God so for that reason we need to refuse to accept any form of oppression in our life no matter how it manifests itself.

“This is because Jesus went around showing by example that He had the power to destroy all forms of oppression set by the devil and free man from its control and that remains His legacy, policy and immutable counsel which we inherit as His followers.”

I recall the first day when I realized that sickness had no power over me and this truth that I am free from oppression became a reality in my life. I had a headache and the Holy Spirit prompted me to tell it to leave my body as it had no right to oppress me, so I went on to rebuke it in Jesus name and it left me instantly.

However the symptoms tried to resurface again some minutes later as if to play with my mind as to whether it had really left, but again thanks to the Holy Spirit’s help He said to speak to it that it has no rights to trespass on my body and that settled that matter.

I have walked free of sickness and disease from then to now and rebuke any symptoms that seek to arise and refuse them the right to trespass on my body which is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit then took time to teach me how to deal with the contests that would emerge against my trust of God and question His authority over my life. Psalm.2 became the reality in my life to deal with what raged against my relationship with God.

As it was a prophecy of David which Peter alluded to in Acts.4 when they prayed with the realization of how people with differences came together to stop and destroy the work of Jesus was fulfilled. I knew from then on that such alliances would come together against me to stop the anointing in my life.

This understanding the Holy Spirit gave me enabled me to deal with all the schemes and strategies satan raised against me and taught me that Jesus wants us strong and of good courage and well able to stand our ground and take territory on His behalf.

The anointing was given to make us always triumphers, barrier breakers, world overcomers, burden removers ,yoke destroyers, earth shakers who manifest God and His name on a daily persistent basis that prove that God rules in the affairs of men on earth.

“We are never to allow passivity to have a place in our lives as it is a sign of backsliding.” We are always to be forward moving, pressing into what God has in store ahead for us not behind us.

The Lord wants us to be overcomers no matter what the situation is. In the book of Revelation Jesus speaks to seven churches and to each one with their different obstacles He still tells them you must overcome to get to the next level or position of authority.

You would have noticed from all my posts the Holy Spirit always gives me. They always require your cooperation so you will have to do something to get you back active in God . Every instruction of the Holy Spirit is to get you back engaged in action to take more and get into movement that brings greater results.

So today as you have heard these words let the grace that comes with them have the place of victory in you and permeate your whole being to action to disallow any work of the devil from having any place or portion in your life any longer.

As it says of Paul and Barnabas they grew bold in Acts.13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

No more pandering morbidly around complaining at the oppression you are facing or suffering, but boldly saying to it you are leaving now as I will not tolerate you anymore hurting and harming me.

Today say: I rise up in the triumph Jesus has made available to me and resist all forms of oppression from the devil and move into life free of the law of sin and death. Romans.8:2.

I choose to walk in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus that sets me free from the Law of sin and death. Oppression of the devil I command you to leave my presence now in Jesus name and never come back as I will not allow you any place anymore to hurt me in Jesus name.1 Peter.5:8 & 9.

Watch how that oppression will diminish and become nothing before you as you take your stand in what Jesus did for you to experience and enjoy in life through His suffering on your behalf so you do not have to suffer it anymore.

Receive this word with your whole heart and don’t let it go no matter what tries to challenge it ,but remain steadfast and immovable in its reality as the grace in these words permeates your being.

Then you will experience freedom of the highest order that puts you in the glory zone that God purposed for you to walk in in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit in my communion time this morning reminded me of this conversation with Him about the questions we have in our hearts. He spoke of what we need to do to resolve these niggling issues that potentially become strongholds against us if we do not respond to them correctly if we allow them to brew in our hearts, as many of you are experiencing now. 2 Corinthians.10:3-6.

So today the questions you have for the Lord that you ask anyway in your subconscious the Lord wants you to voice them to Him in order that you remove any uncertainty from your trust and rest your hope fully on what the Lord has said rather than the unanswered questions of the heart. 1 Peter.1:13-16.

When a question remains unanswered in your heart it is the breeding ground for double mindedness which your enemy loves, and you know that being double minded means you will not receive anything from the Lord. James.1:6-8 

 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Your confidence in God and His ability to do for you is vital in your trust walk and in effect guarantees you will not let go even under the severest pressure that comes to steal the word from you. Mark.9:23.

It is far more important to resolve your query with the Lord than leave it unattended in your heart. Remember the heart is deceitful above all things and loves fantasy stories which the enemy is always willing to supply on demand as long as that will cause you to leave the path of the Lord.Jeremiah.17:9 & 10.

Let the Holy Spirit confirm in your heart whatever questions you have then correct anything amiss and keep you in line with the promise you are headed towards. This keeps you focused on the important things you must give attention to do, rather than just drifting along without purpose.

I have found that letting the Holy Spirit know your weakness and concern means He can supply you with more grace to overcome whatever shows up in opposition against the plan of God. Romans.8:26 & 27.

On several occasions I have told the Holy Spirit that I am struggling to believe that things will turn from impossible to possible when the pressure has been very severe. I have then asked Him to help my unbelief so that at this last moment I do not compromise my result by saying or doing something stupid or rash.

On each of these occasions He has helped me by giving me more tenacity, more strength to pray and cover more ground, sometimes wisdom to take an action that stuns the enemy and many times a greater peace that comes which defies every obstacle and laughs at the face of the challenge. Luke.22:44.

There is no specific way I can say He always uses, but He gives an answer that brings the solution. Therefore it is best to always ask Him for help and not presume you know His heart.

Jesus described the Holy Spirit in John.14:16-18 as a Helper and that is His nature to offer help and the necessary counsel out of every situation. The Holy Spirit is Omnipotent hence he knows everything including what your enemy is doing and planning against you.

He possesses ways to reduce enemy plans to nothing and give you insight to stay away from the area of attack. He even enables you to scale mountains and go through the attack coming out unharmed as He did with Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace that was heated seven times hotter because they refused to bow.

He also has the power to change the nature of animals as He did for Elijah causing ravens to bring him burgers each day in a season of famine.  Also with Daniel when lions became his friends and provided a comforting pillow for his head while in their den because He refused to bow. Daniel.6:16-24.

In real terms the Holy Spirit has every possible answer you could ever need in any and every situation to bring you out, but you must request it of Him. Never fear to ask the Holy Spirit what to do and how to do it and wait for His answer. Isaiah.40:27-31.

Make it a custom to never prejudge what you think the Holy Spirit will say but wait for what He says, as most times it will be often far outside what you thought, so do not presume on Him as He will not honor your presumption. I Corinthians.2:6-12.

So today ask the Holy Spirit any questions you have and settle your heart with the Lord to empower you to have the necessary confidence and assurance you need.

Always remember faith is not presumption, it is knowing Jesus authored what you are expecting and will fulfill it by bringing it to pass in real life. You also have the Holy Spirit with you to help you inherit everything Jesus wants you to experience and do on earth for His name sake that brings Him glory. 

You can count on the Lord’s faithfulness that your life will dramatically change as you imbibe this reality and allow this grace to work in your life Jesus’ name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit in my communion time with Him said: today you need to listen more closely to My voice in order that you may grow in wisdom. He reminded me that even Jesus increased in wisdom and stature which resulted in extra favour with God and men. Luke.2:40

So how much more do we need God’s wisdom each day to grow and it is the cumulative progression of each day of the wisdom we receive and imbibe which is building in us that will result in our growth in the Spirit.

This will result in a greater level of God’s favour. We will then be able to walk in and experience Colossians.1:9-11.

The Holy Spirit pointed out that it is through the wisdom from God we receive and walk in that our hearts will be drawn into the understanding of God’s ways. This reality in turn is what empowers us to make the right decisions which means we will have God sized results. 1 Corinthians.1:30.

“Never minimize the impact of what increased wisdom will do in your lives. It is priceless, so go after it with all your heart.” Ephesians.1:17.

Our lives are then laden with miraculous results which keep on becoming greater each day and have a much greater impact on those around us. We are then positioned to impact more lives for the kingdom of Jesus of which there is no end to its expansion.

As Jesus pointed out to the Jews who questioned His authenticity in John.5:20 when He said and ”greater works than these will my Father do that will cause you to marvel.” Jesus answered His critics with a demonstration of greater miracles that just absolutely startled them.

So my beloved decide today to listen more attentively and closely to the direction and leading of the Holy Spirit. Then do whatever He says to do daily and watch your progression in the Spirit rise as your understanding of the Spirit makes you take decisions that Lift you up.

Then watch how shame and disgrace are dropped off you as you are caused to walk in greater glory by the power of the Holy Spirit. Isaiah.25:8

Let the grace in these words take a hold of you now and propel you into having a God measured day full of rich fulfilment in Jesus Name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time with Him spoke to me that He wants to release and free all those who have been taken captive as hostages, kidnapped and robbed of destiny. Zechariah.9:11 & 12.

As I was worshiping and meditating on the word He gave me for today He pointed out to me that He wanted to release those who had been kidnapped and taken captive through various situations that occurred in the past where you were led astray by various so called lucrative offers that seemed too good to pass on and these had brought you into a place where there seems to be no return passage out of.

I will now explain further the word the Holy Spirit gave me so you have a truth reality concept upon which you can stand when your deliverance is contested. 1 Peter.5:8 & 9.

As long as we are in this world everything God says or does for us can and will be contested and we need to build a fortress of defense around every deliverance the Lord gives us so that when it is challenged we do not cave into the pressure and go back into prison or bondage.1 Peter.5:10 & 11.

When I started out following Jesus in 1989 the Holy Spirit He took me through Psalm.2 as my defense for everything He had taught me and would go on to reveal to me.

In Psalm.2:1-3 we read these words: Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.”

The Holy Spirit went on to teach me that so many years before Jesus ever walked the earth in ministry this plan was set up against Him by satan which He would need to face.

Then defeat and this fact of a contest against the will of God is reiterated by Peter in Acts.4 where they as His disciples come under attack. The same attack for speaking in the name of Jesus and being threatened not to speak in His name.

They flatly refuse to heed the words of men and gain a new boldness to speak by the Holy Spirit and go on to manifest higher levels of God’s glory. Acts.4:8-12. Let this be your stance in every opposition to the will of God against your life. “I refuse to bow to anything but the word of Jesus to me.” Daniel.3:16-18.

Thank God for the help of the Holy Spirit because this understanding meant I knew from day one that no matter what God said to me men controlled by satan would challenge it.

This is because satan is against the plan of God on earth and will stir whoever has any natural power or authority to seek to stop your advancement in the Kingdom and threaten you to cease believing. Then bow to the pressure to quit and come under bondage.

Through this understanding the Holy Spirit gave me truth that meant I built a defense against all the assaults satan would send my way to cause me to detour from the plan of Jesus for my life.

Jesus is able to free us in an instant at any time but our ability to keep the deliverance is what is necessary for us to be built up and maintained so we don’t slide back into bondage.Romans.8:15.

The Holy Spirit wants you to be ready to receive your freedom today but wants you armed with fortification to never again lose what you have gained from the Lord to become a kidnapped victim and a hostage of satan who is robbed of their destiny.

As I meditated on Proverbs.5:23 in the Passion translation which reads Those who choose wickedness die for lack of self-control, for their foolish ways lead them astray, carrying them away as hostages kidnapped captives robbed of destiny.

The Holy Spirit clearly pointed out to me that many had been kidnapped as captives which means they had no chance of escape because they were somehow ambushed into a place they were caught and could not help it. For this very reason the Holy Spirit is going to release you as He did Peter in Acts.12 from the prison of Herod/ bondage.

“This time however with the added support built into your heart through the word of the Holy Spirit which means you will not be taken again captive by kidnapping, because you have the word of the Lord to sustain you and empower you to resist all attempts to scare and drive you to submission.” 2 Peter.1:5-8.

“You will no longer lose your deliverance but will keep it and become a beacon of light to a dying world and an emblem of praise to the name of Jesus.”Zechariah.9:16 & 17.

Therefore today take heed to these words and embrace the grace released through them. Then rise up and out from the prisons, dungeons and sequestered places you have been driven to and come into the glory of the covenant Jesus has prepared for you in His Kingdom and walk in the fullness of life. Ephesians.2:10.

May you today be so released that your freedom speaks so loud and clear that others see just how much the Lord has done to rescue you that they must confess His Lordship and glorify His name in your lives as you demonstrate His power through signs, wonders and miracles in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time reminded me to share with you the importance and the absolute priority of setting time on purpose to meet with Him to be taught and instructed in righteousness as your daily habit.

I know you will say that you give Him time each day, but He wants you to now prioritize the time you take with Him and bring structure to it. Make it as you would plan each day to go to work for your employer. Luke.5:16.

You will not be lazy when it concerns being at work on time because you are looking at the salary your boss will give you each month. For that reason you will even wake up earlier to ensure that you are available early to start your day of work for your employer to demonstrate your commitment to the role.

Well today that is the mindset that the Holy Spirit wants you to apply to your walk with Him as that shows how valuable you think Him to be to you and your commitment is demonstrated in what you are willing to do to please Him.

In Luke.5:16 we read these words about Jesus However, He made a practice of withdrawing to remote places in order to pray. Now you can see from this passage that Jesus made withdrawing from people His practice to find deserted places so that He could pray and spend time with the Holy Spirit to know what He ought to do because that was His priority.

Now we know that Jesus was sent to help people because the Father sent Him to save the souls of men, so you would think that His practice would be to withdraw from God and spend time with the people because that is how He would be able to reach them by being with them and convincing them to change.

However His practice was to withdraw from men to pursue God and then from the overflow of being with God give man what he needed. This practice worked perfectly and enabled Jesus to accomplish the plan of God to the letter and avail us of so great a salvation.

For some reason we seem to believe that giving the Lord prescribed and arranged time is a crime or bondage and we can afford to be slack about that because doing things for people is the priority.

Well Jesus said that we should seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all other things will be added unto us. Matthew.6:33. He also said that except we deny ourselves daily, take up our cross and follow Him we cannot become His disciples.

Well I have just pointed out what Jesus made His practice and we will need to follow that practice if we are truly following Him because that is what He did and that cannot be denied.

In the book of Acts.6:2-4 we read these words. Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3

Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; 4 but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

Now the followers of Jesus make the priority not serving people but giving themselves to prayer continually and then ministry of the word to people which is exactly what they observed their Master Jesus do and saw how successful that was and followed suit.

When conflict arose about how they used their time they clearly pointed out that it is undesirable to leave the practice of prayer and seeking God to minister to people’s needs because that is our priority. Just look at their results as they kept the priority of withdrawing to seek God, their practice.

Well today the Holy Spirit wants to remind you and stir you back up to the place of prioritizing your time with Him as your practice again.

Then watch and see how your life will again begin to take the God shape and progress more rapidly as you produce much more fruit as your priority shifts back to your original practice to withdraw and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

This empowers you to come out loaded with the Presence and power of God that will change lives eternally and expand His reach on the earth.

I pray today that as you hear these words, zeal for the Fathers house will again consume your hearts and minds. John.2:17.

Then permit the grace of zeal supplied to you by the Holy Spirit enable you to be about the Father’s business of withdrawing to be empowered by the Holy Spirit and returning to show forth His glory to men.

As that cycle continues day by day so that the name of Jesus is glorified and His Kingdom expanded on the earth.

Let this be your purpose in Jesus’ name. Amen.

More and more each day I am finding the Holy Spirit reminding me that it is not my works of keeping the laws of God, which I need to do and my righteous living that entitles me to His grace but the sacrifice of Jesus that made atonement for my soul. Ephesians.1:3-12.

He keeps reminding me that it is the righteousness of Jesus that gives me access to the blessings of God. Romans.5:17. We have a tendency as humans to make doctrines out of events that limit us and disqualify us from the simplicity of what Jesus made available for us. That’s why we err so easily and disconnect from life. John.5:19 & 30.

So today I encourage you to surrender your heart to the influence of the Holy Spirit and receive the necessary wisdom, knowledge, understanding and the word He has for you today rather than submit to what laws you can keep that make you feel good, but which keep you in defeat.

It is the power of the Holy Spirit and not how you feel that makes you able to do the will of God. Hebrews.4:16. If we could have done the will of God ourselves there would be no reason for God to give us the Helper the Holy Spirit to guide, lead and direct us into the paths of peace and pleasantness He God promised us. John.16:7-15.

Take time now to commune with the Holy Spirit and let Him direct your day aright. Stop being the boss and let Him guide and show you how you should go. Worship the Lord for how great He is and allow Him to help you overcome your weaknesses through His strength which is limitless.

Let the power of the Holy Spirit propel you and just see how different and productive your day will be. Remember that walking with the Holy Spirit is a daily walk that adds up to a glorious continual walk of total surrender to the will of the Father. John.5:30.

Have a blessed and productive day in Jesus’ name and experience the Mighty power of God’s hand on your life.

The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time reminded me of Hebrews.12:1 & 2 which reads these words 12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 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 has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

The Holy Spirit emphasized the reality of what surrounds our lives which is a cloud of witnesses who have stories of triumph which God did for their lives that rain down miraculous answers for any situation that can possibly rise up against us or which we may face that seek to rob us of our peace and the plan of God for our lives. 

There is a solution for every problem which the Lord has covered before.  We can glean from and hold onto this to see us through every possible attack or opposition to the knowledge of God concerning our lives fulfilling the plan of the Lord for us.

Let us therefore investigate the reality of this promise with the Holy Spirit and ensure we are receiving the full measure of blessings within it that are ordained for our glory. Firstly we must realize that the great cloud of witnesses are proof holders and sharers/partakers in what they have already experienced when they faced obstacles that almost took them out. 

However because of their covenant with God, He stepped in and brought them out by a miraculous intervention which startled the enemy that had come against them.

They therefore possess a story of glory which is evidence that can be used in court to decide the outcome of any similar case because it has become the precedent to guide judgment for all other cases covering that area in life.

Let this reality saturate your being and take over your thoughts so you can be in position to lay hold of and receive all the Father has determined for you to have in this season. We are told in scripture that satan is the accuser of the brethren Revelation.12:10 and does this accusation continually day and night.

However we are told that we must overcome him and not allow the accusations to determine the course of our lives. When it comes to accusations we need to rise up and defend ourselves otherwise when they are brought up in court we can be convicted if we do not oppose those accusations vehemently and give a defense against those charges. The blood of Jesus is our plea.Ephesians.1:7 & 8.

Now you can see why the cloud of witnesses is such a blessing (a source of strength) for us because we have those who won in those situations as witnesses to the fact that we also will come out triumphant because the same Lord who brought them out triumphantly is here to do the same for us. 

This is because they carry the proof of this reality which becomes our defense. Of Course because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews.13;8. Thank God He never changes.

This is why the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years could believe that if she touched the Hem of His garment she would be healed. She was healed because she had heard that Jesus had healed all sick people that came to Him and her situation would be no different if she just touched Him. Mark.5:25-30.

This reality worked perfectly for her so that as she touched Jesus virtue flowed out of Him and she was instantly healed. So powerful was the flow from Jesus to her that He knew that power had gone from Him and healed someone. 

For that reason Jesus wanted to know so Jesus could encourage us through her testimony that we could count on the cloud of witnesses testimony to receive what God had already done before on our behalf to make us whole from any obstacle or oppression of the devil. Acts.10:38.

Let us go further with the Holy Spirit and tap into this grace which will bring us remarkable testimonies of triumph. After recognising the reality of the Cloud of witnesses we then need to lay aside or put away from our thoughts, minds, emotions and intellects every weight of bondage or oppression and the temptation it affords us to sin. Hebrews.12:1 & 2.

This desire to sin that so easily besets us because it offers temporary reprieve and an easy way out where we just need to succumb and yield to the desire and have its benefits.

We are offered through the cloud of witnesses who went past the sin barrier and gained the promise of ability to put aside the weight of sin and look to Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith or Trust. Jesus proved His faithfulness even in death and experienced the same triumph through His grace working on our behalf so that through His endurance working for us it would bring us to the finish line and gain the full inheritance.

This is such an honour and privilege to share in the grace Jesus provided for us to be strong enough to overcome every obstacle death throws at us and come out with life and that in its fullest measure with a story of glory. john.10:10.

My prayer for you today is that as you receive these words you will experience the realization of them in your life today. Then go ahead and walk in the manifestation of Jesus’ power doing exceedingly and abundantly above all you could ask or think according to His power at work in you.

Let the Holy Spirit create a story of glory in your lives that will speak loud and clear of the Kingdom of Jesus still faithfully working on the Earth for men to see, supplying them the grace to trust in Him. This enables more people to serve His Lordship on this earth in Jesus name. Amen.

Have a Fruitful and productive day in Jesus name. Amen.