Month: October 2025 (Page 1 of 3)

This beautiful morning the Precious Holy Spirit in my communion time with Him began thundering out of me scriptures concerning what has qualified me to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He was reminding me of my rights and privileges as a son of God and the true spiritual place I should walk in as an heir in the kingdom of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is such a Divine Encourager and a lifter of spirits to empower one to take supernatural action knowing you will be covered and supported by the Mighty Hand of the Lord. With the Holy Spirit helping you, there is nothing that is impossible to you.

You will begin to see supernatural options for triumph in the most difficult and opposing situations. You will begin to visualize a spiritual path forward where it says there is no way through as Moses found out at the crossing of the Red Sea.

The path the Lord directed in Exodus.14:13-31 was through the Red Sea which would part before them to become a road to cross over on dry ground, the sea being the wall of protection for them.

Let me continue with the words the Holy Spirit thundered through me this morning. In Colossians.1:10-14 it reads these words: that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

This scripture makes it perfectly clear that we as followers of Jesus should conduct our lives in a way that is worthy of the Lord, in other words our lives should not embarrass the Lord and discredit His name in any way shape or form.

We should be beacons of light, emblems of grace and glory that radiate His Presence and Power as a lighthouse for men to see. We are to enable people to behold the reality of Jesus in His fullness thus glorifying the splendor of His name. Our lives should be fully pleasing to the Lord in our service of Him just as it was said of Jesus. You are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.

The Lord wants us so close to Him and in such close union with the Holy Spirit that we reflect His nature and character in everything we say or do. Like Jesus we only speak what thus saith the Lord.

Now verse 12 puts the reality of what I shared into real context for us to see because we are told to thank the Lord because we have been qualified to be partakers of this inheritance in the light.

We have been given the genuine heavenly certificate of proof showing you have gone through the syllabus set and have proven ready, fit and competent enough from the standard of the Most High God to share in the inheritance of the good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Remember what Jesus spoke to His disciples in John.14:12-14 which read these words: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.

This points to the fact that all the works Jesus did we as His followers should be doing because we are qualified to do them including the greater works than He as a single person could do. We are qualified by the Holy Spirit to do the miracles, signs and wonders Jesus performed on earth as part of our inheritance package from the Lord.

This reality of receiving an inheritance package, just because one is qualified as a son is clear to me because I got the resources my natural Dad left me once he had passed on. So I got to enjoy the benefit of what I had not worked for, in a single moment of time because I claimed my right to it as a son.

So I am always ecstatic when the Holy Spirit reminds me of what I am qualified to receive because Jesus who is perfect has reserved it for me to partake of it in the now of life.

I pray today that as you receive these words from the Lord every grace contained in them will become real in you. You will on purpose begin to partake of your inheritance in Jesus for real as you experience what it really means to be a son of the Most High God. May the reality of the Holy Spirit walking in and through you to manifest the Hand of the Lord on your behalf become a daily reality in your life experience here on earth. May you glorify the name of the Lord.

Remember Jesus desires that you are raised up as a beacon of light and a banner of righteousness, a gem of marvellous Praise to His wonderful name that men can clearly see and know God from in Jesus name. Amen.

This morning as I took my communion time with the Holy Spirit I was so excited because last night before I slept the Holy Spirit dropped a word in my heart that stirred me back to alertness because it was so strong. It was such a compliment to the word He gave me yesterday of asking the Lord for what was inconceivable from man’s perspective. I duly received the word and meditated on it till I slept. This morning the Holy Spirit has broadened my horizon on it and I want to share this word with you.

The Holy Spirit said to me that He is going to fill me with what is uncontainable. The Holy Spirit is so large and His reach so broad that the very earth cannot contain His glory and He wants our lives to be full of His uncontainable power on the earth to show just how great God actually is. In Habakkuk.2:14 which reads these glorious words of promise from the Most High God For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.

Let the true import of these words wash over your heart and soul to replenish every weariness, tiredness, doubt, unbelief and fear far away from your life. May this word so captivate your heart to such a high level of trust that you burst out with an exuberant stupendous praise to the name of Jesus.

The knowledge of the glory of the Lord covering the earth as the waters cover the sea. It is one thing for the glory of the Lord to cover the earth because that involves only the Lord showing up with His Presence. We will see it as Israel saw the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night but had no understanding of its impact on their lives because they did not know His ways, but only experienced His great acts performed on their behalf.

I have found that humans are very unappreciative of things they receive which did not cost them something. They feel a sense of entitlement meaning they deserve it and it’s no big deal. Moses was the person who spent forty days on the mountain seeking God with all his heart with fasting. Then came down and dispensed what the Lord had imparted to him to an ungrateful people who gave nothing to receive such a blessing.

What the Holy Spirit is pointing out here is that the knowledge by revelation which we as His people walk in by understanding its process will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We will be walking in such intimate knowledge of the glory of the Lord that it covers, blankets the earth as waters cover the Sea.

The only thing visible will be the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as we swim in it. Completely saturated by what only the glory of the Lord can do all the time. Ezekiel.47:5. Extraordinary, unusual miracles, signs and wonders being manifested in and through our lives on a daily basis.

Well this is the uncontainable power of the Lord which the Holy Spirit whispered in my ear last night that He wants us to be full of on the earth at this time.

The miraculous power of the Lord so visible in all nations at the same time that it alone is the most famous talking point in the lives of men who are continually bearing witness to what great things the Holy Spirit has wrought in their lives through infallible proof of its manifestation in their individual circumstances and situations.Each person knowing how the glory has worked and impacted their lives possessing the ability to explain what has taken place in their lives to others for them to marvel and be converted to follow Jesus. Acts.2:14-36.

The mystery of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord made manifest with us humans knowing and understanding it, being intimate about it as they testify of its potency and effectiveness that all flesh gets to see in full manifestation. When the Holy Spirit spoke to me yesterday about asking Him for inconceivable things, this thought of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord covering the earth had not crossed my mind.

However this thought given me by the Holy Spirit last night is inconceivable to imagine that all people will be able to explain the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as real as the waters cover the sea. This is not about a river that can be shallow at various points and places but is referring to the depths of the waters overflowing to such a degree that it alone at every point is the same level of depth and we are covered in it. What a startling thought which we must receive and line up with.

I am still in awe of this reality and continuously meditating on it as I write this post because this is beyond what we as humans can imagine possible and it takes more grace imparted to comprehend the full magnitude of these words as the new norm on the earth.

When we look at the state of nations at this point in time it seems so far away, but I have come to see and know that what would take men thousands of years to accomplish the Lord can do in a moment of time so I choose to just believe it , receive it and embrace its reality in my daily life. God said it, I believe it and that settles it.

We need to be as receptive to the Lord as Mary was in Luke.1:26-38. When the angel Gabriel said to her you will conceive and bear a son though you know not a man. Her response was be it unto me according to your word Lord. AS she received the word from that moment her life dramatically changed as she became highly favored as she watched her life transformed to the point where men from the east came bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh which they laid at the feet of Jesus which she had never experienced before but that now became the new story of her life once she accepted the plan of the Lord.

It was so real that it got to the point that Mary could say to the servants at the wedding feast in John.2 whatever Jesus says to you to do, just obey and do it. It will be as He says because no word He speaks ever fails to achieve what He said it will do and I have absolute confidence in what He speaks. 

This is the place the Holy Spirit wants us to walk in total submission to every word He speaks to us because His words are Spirit and life. As such they will happen exactly as He spoke them. If people in Israel had such confidence in the words the prophet Samuel spoke that they said of him that from Dan to Beersheba it was known that no word of the Lord spoken by Samuel ever fell to the ground.

Every word He spoke from the Lord came to pass. How much more now will every word spoken by the Holy Spirit come to pass as He only declares what Jesus says and wants to happen.

My prayer for you today is that as you hear these words the grace to see them manifest in your lives will be given to you so you will be endued with ability/ power from on High to walk this word out by embracing the knowledge of the glory of the Lord overshadowing your life as the waters cover the sea to become visible in your daily walk from this time onwards.

This is not a hit and miss situation but a new reality that will become the pattern of living in your daily experience as a lover and close follower of the Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus.

Open your hearts wide to allow the Holy Spirit to pour out the unlimited Knowledge of the glory of the Lord in your lives. Choose to doubt your doubts and believe the truth of these words alone as you embrace them with everything in you and refuse to let go of them under any circumstance or human event in the name of Jesus. Amen.

This morning in my communion time with the Holy Spirit He reminded me of just how connected He is to Jesus and what privileges having a relationship with Him does for our lives. The wonderful atmosphere we are able to create and bring into reality because when the Holy Spirit is present with us. He makes the miraculous available not just for ourselves but makes it available for others to be free.

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. We are at a disadvantage because we lack the true understanding of how and what is necessary to correctly process the facts of life. We as humans find it difficult to come up with the right conclusions that produce the relevant solutions that will resolve the issues in life. 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 very important for us to repent often and turn to the Lord because only when we turn to Him is the veil that covers our minds removed. Once the veil is removed 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 because He 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.They start to become even prophetic, conscious and aware of the true picture of situations.People seem to have insight into deep spiritual things, because their 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, and in this particular event I met a former classmate of mine. I was with someone who I was mentoring at the time and this guy I had not seen since our days in secondary school. He instantly recognised me and started speaking to the person I was mentoring about how to deal with an anointed person by not taking 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 as she kept marveling at how real the Lord was as she observed what the Holy Spirit did through that event and how the Holy Spirit 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. I had taught that day about 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 through the Holy Spirit of the teaching they received from me.

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 about Church activities but it takes over the earth realm. In the book of Acts the men in Ephesus describe the Apostle Paul as the man who was changing the world upside down. However it is really upside up, because the Kingdom is what is true life going upwards.

Let me share one more story of the power of the Holy Spirit at work in a law chambers where I met two ladies in Botswana who were struggling to stand up as I started to speak to them about the Kingdom. I told them Jesus was real and His Presence could be felt and experienced. They then told me that they could not stand because a force was blowing on them and convicting their hearts to confess their sins and accept Jesus as Lord. It was a holy time as the Holy Spirit in those few moments was already working on their hearts.

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 by making people’s lives new.

The liberty the Holy Spirit brings is not an allowance for every fleshly evil action and all types of vulgarity, but to produce true freedom from the things of sin, 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. May your life bring a complete change of environment that brings Jesus on the scene by spreading an expansion of His Kingdom on earth.

Always 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. 1 Corinthians.2:10-16.

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.

This morning the Holy Spirit in our communion time shared with me again the importance of speaking only the things we want to happen in our lives as a refresher and reminder of guarding our tongue. He emphasized the importance of the fruit of our lips being full of praise. Hebrews.13:15.

Jesus was the person who warned us in Matthew.12:36 about the cost of speaking idle words from our mouths indicating that the price for them is more than we can sometimes bear so we should watch out for what we say with our mouths in order to avoid negative fruits showing up later in our events when we least need them. In Hebrews.13:15 we read these words 5 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.

The theme of these words are so beautiful because again the Lord through the Holy Spirit is the person who helps us keep our mouths full of praise. Most times we do not think of our words as an offering we must make to God. We only think of giving money as our offering to the Lord, but in truth we are to give our mouths as a permanent offering of praise continually to the Lord as our sacrifice of service to Him.

Let me give you an example of what I mean. You can give a financial offering to God which we are supposed to do for our benefit, but right on the back of it say words that disqualify us from receiving the due harvest because we use our mouths to contradict and stop the process of harvest manifesting on our behalf.

Malachi.3:13-15 reads these words: “Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners before the Lord of hosts? 15 So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.’ ”

This is a perfect example of what the writer of Hebrews is pointing out that we ought not to do. We are to be harsh in our words against the enemy by rebuking him, but certainly not against our only help and aid, God.

Just look at what they said with their mouths, the insult to the Lord and His word, that it is useless to serve God. After all the good the Lord had done for them based on His covenant promises. Jesus cannot accept an offering from your mouth that is a lie because Jesus can never affirm and bring to pass lies. This reality is because no one whoever trusts in the Lord can be ashamed or disgraced.

The Holy Spirit is only with us to help us stop the trends of disgrace and shame by bringing us glory. No matter what you see happen your mouth and words must never agree with the enemy, but always with the truth that the Lord has said. John.16:13.

Remember the unfortunate situation with the Apostle Paul and Silas in Macedonia in Acts.16:23-26 which reads these words: And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

You ask how did Paul and Silas give praise in that unfortunate incident where they were beaten for doing a good act for someone? They knew who they served and were not going to offer Him complaints but demonstrate to the prisoners the power of the Jesus they served by praising Him vigorously and you know the ensuing results of an earthquake that changed the lives of so many as they saw the rewards of offering praise as the fruit of their lips to the Most High.

No natural events should ever make you change the fruit of your lips. I recall when I was on a journey to Botswana from Nigeria and when I arrived in Botswana they refused me entry because Nigeria was on the list of Ebola affected countries banned from entering Botswana, but that Government decision had not been made known to the me before I had made the journey and was then told and escorted by Botswana immigration to leave and go back on the next flight back to Johannesburg.

Now I had just completed an 8-10hours flight combined and was now set to go back on the same journey and miss all I had planned to do in Botswana. Satan of course was speaking loudly to me to speak negatively about Botswana, but I resisted the urge to speak negatively of the whole event and chose to praise the Lord. Then the peace of the Holy Spirit rested on me as He spoke to me saying that everything would be alright. He also promised me that He would make it up to me and sort out the mess which happened and recompense me for it.

As the plane took off after about a two hour stint in Botswana I went on and experienced such peace I prayed for Botswana with such joy you would never have believed what I had experienced even though I was tired and worn from the flight journey.

The Lord made it up to me and I was back in Botswana one year later and met the same fellow at the airport who had refused me entry having come from Nigeria, this time from the UK and he remembered me. He was happy to give me a warm welcome. It works to offer God the sacrifice of praise in any and every situation because it allows the Holy Spirit to inhabit the venue and show forth the Might of the Hand of the Lord in manifestation.

I have had many trying plane situations that have sought to force me to utter words of complaint as I enter the region to bring the good news of the Kingdom, but as I chose to offer the sacrifice of praise with my lips I have watched the Holy Spirit change the dynamics and give me a grand entry into the particular nation with increased favor for the trip.

It is always worthwhile to do what the Holy Spirit says even though it looks odd in the circumstances by giving thanks to the Lord because the Holy Spirit steps in and makes all the difference which always brings a beautiful reward of triumph on your behalf.

My prayer for you this morning is that as you hear these words you will find the grace made available to you through the Holy Spirit to offer the Lord your sacrifice of praise through your lips to give Him thanks to Him. Then watch how your life will experience the mighty hand of the Lord, change circumstances for you by giving you stories with infallible evidence that the word of God works in every instance in your life no matter what shows up to challenge it as long as you let your mouth agree with the Lord. This grace will empower you to be a valuable witness to people that the Lord’s word is real and works.

Open your heart also to repent of all the negative words you have offered the Lord in the past so the Holy Spirit can give you a fresh opportunity to be released from the consequences those negative words have set up against you to harm you in the future by changing your pathway back to the path of the Lord which offers you pleasantness, peace and the miraculous.

Make the choice today to be steadfast in offering spontaneous praise as the fruit of your lips to God from this time forward and watch to see how your events will change. The miraculous things you will see the Holy Spirit accomplish on your behalf in Jesus name will astound you.

I encourage you to make a solemn declaration to the Lord to watch that your mouth and words only declare praises to the Lord. Correct yourself instantly when you fall short of it so you are living in the state of praise to the Lord daily in Jesus name. Amen..

This morning the Holy Spirit in our communion time reminded me of what the Lord has provided for us His followers and the process through which we can lay hold of all the wonderful things we read and wonder about concerning the life of those who walked with God.

We must always remember, the Holy Spirit pointed out to me that we have obtained the same precious faith the Apostles walked in and for that reason we can also share in all the benefits and true manifestations of what they walked in the Holy Spirit if we apply and put into action the same things they did.

The Holy Spirit said that we need to stop idolizing what the Apostles accomplished and start walking in the same anointings that brought them results so our lives can reflect the glory of the Lord for men to see today just as theirs did

Let us look confidently at the scripture the Holy Spirit quickened to my heart this morning from 2 Peter.1:1 which reads these words: Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

The Apostle Peter was first of all a bond servant of Jesus which means Peter only repeated and obeyed what His Master spoke to Him to say. He then executed the action in obedience as an Apostle sent to represent Jesus.

Someone sent on an errand with a specific message to deliver to a people from Jesus which they are to receive as if Jesus Himself was addressing them with absolute confidence knowing that what was contained in that spoken word would manifest on their behalf if they just received it and embraced it in their lives. Just as an Ambassador of a Nation has the authority of the Nation he represents to say their decisions on any matter.

This means that what is about to be said should be received, accepted and then applied to your life in the now to change whatever was there before. This is to ensure we line up with this new truth. To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of Our God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Now let these realities sink deep into your spirit: When you are told you have obtained something it means you have possession of it. You now have ownership of the thing spoken of.

You are no longer in the position of hoping you will receive it but you now have it present in your possession. Let me share a personal story to emphasize this point. As a teenager I remember only telling my friends that I was traveling for holidays when I had the airline ticket in my possession. I never said a word that we were planning a holiday trip because anything could happen to stop or cancel it.

This was because many classmates would normally tell us what their parents were discussing about travel plans. However they never travelled in that season because it was a discussion not a fact. This leaking of information for bragging would mean they were laughed at and derided in class for saying what never happened with words of: how was your holiday haha?

On the other hand in my situation I would come back with the proof of having travelled with goods from London that proved my travelling though I had said nothing prior about traveling. I am using this analogy because this is how real having obtained something from the Holy Spirit is, and the Holy Spirit has used it to remind me many times of my certainty in receiving what God had for me, because it is in my possession so it can be used anytime.

The Apostle Peter said we have obtained the same like precious faith that He had which means to me that what Peter did we should be able to do also.

Let’s look at what Peter’s precious faith did in Acts.3:6 & 7 which reads these words: Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Peter said such as I have or have obtained the name of Jesus I give you, rise up and walk and the man walked instantly.

Peter was not hoping that someday this healing would manifest for the man. He knew what he possessed of the power of Jesus and once he released it in the now it happened exactly as spoken by Peter. The man got up and walked leaping and praising God in the temple.

Peter goes on to explain in Acts.3:12 these words: So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? Verse.16 And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

The precious faith we received through Jesus Christ has brought about this miracle not Peter’s special relationship with Jesus, but a like precious faith we can also walk in which we have now received. We just need to put it in action as Peter did that day. This is because we received it from Jesus as a gift of His grace not our own ability by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians.2:8.

Years later the same precious faith works for Peter again in Acts.9:33-35 which reads these words: There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed. 34 And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your bed.” Then he arose immediately. 35 So all who dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. Peter again says Aeneas receive healing in Jesus name and it happens immediately and just see what miraculous events happen on the back of this miracle.

This is the same precious faith Peter tells us that we who have trusted Jesus have also obtained. So we need to press into using this precious faith to bring about the miraculous as Peter did so we can experience the same results through our lives. This only because we have the same access by faith to all the promises Jesus made available to His followers.

My prayer for you today is to absolutely believe the words you have heard by receiving them as the man at the temple gate did. Then move into the place of manifestation of God’s miraculous power working out signs and wonders on your behalf.

May you also find the abundant grace in these words to be a demonstrator of this precious faith by going forth by being an example demonstrating the healing power of Jesus to men as Peter did. Come off the side lines and be a true witness, Participator in the power of the Holy Spirit in demonstration.

Remember Jesus gave it to all who believe in His name in Mark.16:17 & 18 which reads these words: And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Go ahead and allow the Holy Spirit to make you a faithful servant of Jesus through the word of truth you have received by continuing to follow Jesus faithfully. Be the standard bearer of the truth of the Kingdom of Jesus for men to see as you come into the knowledge of the truth and become free in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning in our communion time reminded me of the goal we as the followers and lovers of Jesus must aspire to walk in on a daily basis.The fullness of God! The Holy Spirit is with us to work with us to enable us to reach and achieve that goal in life. Ephesians.3:19.

Today the Holy Spirit wants us to examine carefully, then from our examination of what this would entail take stock by looking at what it will take to walk in that place. What are the things we will need to do that position us in a place where the Holy Spirit is able to fill us with all the fullness of God. Firstly in order to be filled with the fullness of something. We must firstly be emptied of what was in us first. We then must allow ourselves to eat and drink so much of what we want in order to be filled completely with it until it completely saturates our whole being. Isaiah.25:6.

So in order to be filled with all the fullness of God you need to be so full of the Holy Spirit that He has complete control and dominion of who you are. To the extent that none of you is visible anymore, but what becomes visible in you is the Holy Spirit in terms of His nature, character and manifestation in everything you say and do. Acts.6:8.

In order to fully grasp what the Holy Spirit is saying to us today let us look at Ephesians.3:16-19 which reads these words: that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Just feast on the progression of truth that the Apostle Paul points out is available to each follower and lover of Jesus. The Holy Spirit has the responsibility to grant to us everything according to the riches of Christ’s glory which He has access to for our benefit. He is empowered by Jesus to bestow every  equipment and grace necessary to accomplish the will of Jesus in our lives. John.16:14.

The Lord does not want us to experience the limitations or little portions of His glory but the riches of His glory. So don’t ever be satisfied with snippets of the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in your lives, but pursue the ultimate goal of God’s fullness manifested in you.

This amounts to everything that the Lord owns and possesses, which is everything. Hebrews.1:2 & 3. Think carefully what this means for you. All wisdom, all knowledge, all understanding, all might, all counsel, all ability to judge impartially without fault by the Spirit, all ability to decide with equity for the meek on the earth, all authority to speak with the rod of your mouth and through your lips slay the wicked by executing all righteousness and faithfulness with which you are girded. Isaiah.11:4 & 5.

In addition to this all the miraculous power of God to work signs, wonders and extraordinary miracles that no eye has seen, nor ear heard or any heart ever considered possible what the Lord can and will do in any given moment of time through a human follower and lover of Jesus. John.14:12.

This is reserved for the person who empties himself of self and makes his vessel available for God through the Holy Spirit to fill Him with Himself so only the Holy Spirit can be seen at  work in your life. Romans.8:29.

It is a staggering thought to imagine but it is real and attainable that the Holy Spirit truly wants us to walk in that place of the fullness of God so that the name of Jesus is magnified on the earth. John.1:16. As you can see from this word that it is the Holy Spirit that grants this privilege to you as Jesus’s choice for your life to be strengthened with might through the Holy Spirit in your inner man. So loaded with God to the point where all any human can see in you is Jesus at work.

None of self but all of the Lord. That is where Jesus wants us walking and that is why He gave Himself to death so we could now live in that place of life on earth as His representatives, loaded and clothed with all His glory.

Let us through His abundant grace allow our hearts to be stretched further in this truth. That Christ the Anointed One may dwell in us, that is the anointing of the anointed One living in us through faith. The faith of Jesus which the Holy Spirit works in us that cannot be denied an answer and through whom nothing is impossible. Galatians.2:20.

The Lord wants us living in a place where we are so rooted and grounded in the love of God that our comprehension spills over to the full extent in width, length, breadth and height of the love of God which surpasses knowledge in order to be filled with all the fullness of God.

This is exactly where Jesus wants all His followers and lovers to walk in on a daily basis so that His name and kingdom are visible on the earth. The Lord Jesus in heaven forever lives to make continuous intercession for us to see that this reality is manifested in our lives here on earth. Romans.8:27.

We therefore choose to yield ourselves to experience the full splendor of this reality in our lives on the earth to glorify His wonderful name.

This means that whatever we need to give up by surrender of ourselves to embrace this truth we submit to in order that the Lord will have His way in us.

The Apostle Paul makes this clear in Philippians.3:7-11 which reads these words:  But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

The Apostle Paul was saying I lay down all my achievements in life to gain what Jesus has for me which is being filled with all the fullness of God so my life reflects only what Jesus desires for me and not my desire for my life which in truth will amount to nothing anyway. No matter how great I think it is in human terms. It can never match what God desires for me to have and experience through the name of Jesus.

My prayer for you today is that as you hear these words your heart will explode with joy to receive every grace necessary to walk in the reality of this truth as lay down everything that has prevented you from believing what thus saith the Lord for your life is. May your singular pursuit become walking in this place the Lord has prepared for you by the Holy Spirit.

Let your heart be so stirred to action that you follow completely after the Voice of the Holy Spirit to guide you to walk in this place as you become God’s gem banner sparkling over the nations so He has full glory from your life in Jesus name. Amen. 

Have a productive, fruitful day that exemplifies the gem banner the Lord has made you to sparkle over nations in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit this morning in our communion time impressed on me to share further on what we need to do after we have come boldly into the holiest place where the Lord dwells. He spoke of the importance of the posture our hearts must take and be in to fully maximize the benefits we have been granted by the Lord. We most times forget about the heavenly protocol we must abide by when operating in the holiest place in the Universe. Revelation.5.

We need to remember that everything we gain from the Father God and Jesus depends on the stance our hearts take. The how and what our hearts respond to concerning the word of the Lord will determine the progress or failure we experience. The Holy Spirit constantly puts emphasis on where our hearts are in any matter because the heart position will determine the outcome we receive in spite of what God promises. Romans.10:10.

So let us dig further into Hebrews.10:22 which reads these words: let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

We notice firstly that we must draw near to God with a true heart meaning that if we come to the Lord with a false heart we will not be accepted. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth so in order to embrace His help and support we must desire to know the truth and eradicate lies from our hearts.

Our hearts must love truth because only knowing the truth will make us free from deception and its consequences which are death. John.8:31 & 32.

So in order to draw near to God our hearts must embrace the truth in full assurance of faith. You ask what is full assurance of faith and how do we walk in that? Does it mean we need to be perfect and have no faults? Well that is a tall order you will say, and no one can be that and do it?

Let us examine the concept of full assurance of faith and see how we can use it in our hearts so we can benefit from it to better go on to experience all of God’s best the Lord has for us in the now season of life.

Full assurance of faith is not dependent on us but on our heart believing what God has already done on our behalf. Your heart must choose to believe what the Lord has already accomplished for you and receive it as fact. Your heart must be resolute in believing that what God has said, He will do, and what He has spoken, He will perform and accomplish.

Full assurance of faith is that your heart believes implicitly by confessing what God spoke as if it is so in the now. Then refuses to believe or accept anything other than that fact. The woman with the issue of blood is a clear example of this fact. She had never met Jesus, never attended any of His meetings, or studied His ministry. However her heart was convinced about His authority.

She had only heard witness stories that Jesus heals the sick and on the basis of that fact, she decided in her heart that if she just touched the hem of His garment she would be healed. She kept confessing that fact until the day she was in His vicinity and touched the hem of His garment. Then she experienced what she had said over and over again from her heart’s belief that Jesus possessed the power in Him that when she touched Him she would be whole and it happened just as she believed. Mark.5:25-34.

Jesus confirmed this truth as He went on to say to her in the presence of everybody present that your faith has made you whole. Not my power but your full assurance in heart of my ability has given you this miracle. While those near Jesus had received nothing because they were waiting for Jesus to do something rather than approaching Jesus with an assurance of faith in heart of what He said He came to do on their behalf. John.1:11-13.

In Luke.4:18 & 19,21 we read these words: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

From that moment Jesus said this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing any person who drew near in full assurance of faith that what Jesus said was true. Then believed it in their hearts would receive by their confession all Jesus said they could have concerning that promise. This is so not because they are perfect but because they chose to believe what Jesus said they could experience because of Him.

This is how you draw near in full assurance of faith with a true heart by embracing all the Holy Spirit has available for you. Then receive it because of what Jesus already did for us, not based on your ability or righteous acts. You have no place to boast about this because you only received it because of what Jesus did to make that possible when you engage your heart in full assurance of faith in His ability.

This assurance of faith then works to sprinkle your conscience from evil works and washes your body with pure water that presents you acceptable to God.

I pray that as you hear and embrace this truth the grace flowing from these words will be poured out on you to see it manifested in your life. The greatest miracle will be you walking in the place of full assurance of faith in Jesus’s ability to do everything He promised you can partake of through His sacrifice for you.

Only permit your heart to believe and confess what Jesus said. Throw out the opinions of men and their fears or concerns about God’s ability from your heart. Only believe what Jesus declared. Then boldly live your life resting your heart on what Jesus said by going ahead to experience all the benefits of drawing near to God in full assurance of faith.

Knowing that His ability always does exceedingly abundantly and above all you could ask or think according to His power working in you in Jesus name. Amen. Ephesians.3:20.

This morning the Holy Spirit in our communion time challenged me about whether we are truly ready to walk in everything He has planned for us to experience in this new season of the manifestation of the power and glory of the Lord to be seen on the earth. Do we truly fathom the full scope and density of what will happen as the power of the Most High overtakes and overshadows our lives?

Are we totally aware of what it will involve walking in the greater works than these which the Holy Spirit has been speaking of through His servants? When we hear of what servants of God like Smith Wigglesworth, John G Lake and others like A A Allen, Oral Roberts, Kathryn Kulhman, Kenneth Hagin walked in on a daily basis who all prophesied a greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit than they experienced was coming.

Are we really ready to walk in that place or do we believe it to be an illusion in their hearts to stay humble? I have found that the Holy Spirit over the years has continually challenged me to walk in all that Jesus did then to press deeper towards walking in the greater works than these Jesus spoke of. John points out in John.21:25 these words: And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

In other words the Holy Spirit was pointing out to me that what He does through me or our lives should be so much that no book written can fully cover the vast scope of miracles, signs and wonders He has accomplished through our lives. If we have been called by the Lord to do the works He did and greater; then that is the place we should be walking. We should aspire to live in that realm of glory because that alone will please the One who appointed us to that task. Jesus never says what He does not mean.

Once Jesus speaks a word it is spirit and life. So you can confidently rest your life on what He said. We need to remove whatever doubt we have allowed in our hearts and choose to agree with the truth. There are many things the Holy Spirit has done through me that I never thought possible but I chose to believe in Him and obeyed His instructions. Then supernaturally the power, strength and ability were made available to me to accomplish them.

The Holy Spirit wants us again to revisit the awesome deeds He did through the servants of God in the bible. Then as a point of contact we begin to expect the same results and even more to flow from our lives.

The Holy Spirit is poised and always ready to deliver and demonstrate in this season the exceedingly, abundantly and above all we could ask or think through His Power at work in us. Ephesians.3:20. We are about to see the Holy Spirit exhibiting through us the faith and tenacity of asking which Jesus manifested working through our lives as the answer to those prayers of Jesus to see greater dimensions of His glory on earth.

Our lives will reflect the answer to prayers that Jesus thought, determined, interceded, asked and received that we should walk in. Our lives will walk in answers to the prayers Jesus prayed that must happen in the earth realm proving the reality of His wonderful name. It is one thing having your faith in Jesus. It is completely different to be walking in the faith of Jesus where it is His decision guiding and directing the path. John.17:24.

When the Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians.3:20 these words; Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

The reality of this prayer being answered is what the Lord is going to accomplish here. It is not a manifestation originated by our prayer because we could never think of asking for this because it is above our puny human thought. So as it manifests as an answer to the prayers of Jesus we are receiving and partaking of what Jesus determined we should walk in according to His power deposited in us to walk this out in the now. John.4:38.

Let this truth sink in as you meditate on it. Then allow this reality of sharing in the glory of the Lord to saturate your whole being so you can receive and experience what the Holy Spirit is pointing out you will walk in going forward in this season of life.

As the Holy Spirit spoke these words to me my heart leapt for joy because I know the difference between walking in my faith and operating in the faith of the Holy Spirit which emanates from Jesus. Walking in the faith of Jesus means nothing is impossible to you.

What the Holy Spirit can accomplish in one minute. A hundred years of man’s working cannot even comprehend it. I am always deeply stirred and excited when the Holy Spirit speaks of doing things He initiated because it is always wonderful and glorious beyond human limitations. Let us look at some examples of what I am talking about from the book of Acts.

In Acts.5:15 & 16 we read these words: so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. 16 Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

What did Peter do here that was different? Did he send for the advertising team to promote the meetings? Were messages sent to those sick people inviting them to come to a special service he was holding in the streets with beds and couches? Certainly not. Did Peter send out word to the surrounding cities of Jerusalem inviting people to attend his various street revival meetings to bring sick people and demon possessed people to come and be healed through his shadow? No.

It was the sovereign move of the Holy Spirit that drew those people to come at that moment of time to those streets and believe that Peter’s shadow would heal them. Peter did not even touch a single person or even speak to them. It was the power of the Holy Spirit that did all the work and Peter only got to hear what had happened as he walked those various streets and saw people getting off beds leaping, walking and praising God saying we have been healed.

This was completely initiated by the Holy Spirit and Peter just went on the ride with Him being privileged to be the vessel through which this happened.

Let us look further at another instance of the Holy Spirit’s faith in action in Acts.19:11 & 12 which reads these words: Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

Watch closely again that God, in reality, that is the faith of the Holy Spirit worked here not Paul to such a degree that people came to Paul bringing handkerchiefs and aprons to lay on his body and then taken to the sick where they were and everyone this happened for was instantly healed.

This happened though Paul neither laid hands nor spoke a word to any of them. In addition evil spirits in people came out as an apron or handkerchief touched their bodies without a word spoken. This is another example of the Faith of the Holy Spirit at work, that eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor entered the heart of man, what things God has prepared for us to do to demonstrate His awesome might on earth. 1 Corinthians.2:9.

This is the faith of the Holy Spirit in action and we are in a season where the Holy Spirit is going to resume doing these glorious things on His servants who make themselves ready for the moving of the Holy Spirit in unprecedented ways that defy human knowledge but show the awesome, stupendous might of the Holy Spirit at work. Joel.2

I have had tastes of this here in London, in Botswana, in Sierra Leone and in the USA in varying degrees of intensity with differing numbers of people being healed and delivered by the Holy Spirit as I watched Him in Awe at how easy it was for the Holy Spirit to heal so many people without me doing anything but watching His power in action and letting people describe what had happened to them by testifying of the healings and deliverances they received.

The Holy Spirit is inviting us to prepare ourselves for a season of His faith being released on the earth again to expand the Kingdom of Jesus. To show without a shadow of doubt that Jesus rules and reigns on the earth making clear that no one can match Him.

Allow I pray your hearts to be stirred up to trust implicitly by fully relying again on God’ s power to do what your eye has not seen, what your ear has not heard, nor your heart thought or contemplated possible being done regularly on your behalf through the Holy Spirit for men to witness and thus glorify His name as He did through the Apostle Peter and Paul in the book of Acts.

Let your heart embrace this truth and permit the grace supplied to you in these words propel you to prepare yourself to walk in this coming move of the Holy Spirit.

This my brethren is real and will shortly be in manifestation. So awaken yourselves to righteousness and get on the train leading to glory by the operation of the Holy Spirit. Let go of everything that hinders and hampers your God forward movement. Stay vigilant in the Spirit and walk discerning the Hour you are in and be ready to embrace and walk in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Make communion time with the Holy Spirit your priority to keep hearing and knowing His voice as your greatest goal at this time by preparing the way for the Lord to come and work in and through your hearts that completely surrender to Him.

Ask the Holy Spirit for help to overcome your weaknesses. Then embrace the grace which He will supply you to overcome and win through to triumph as you become a partaker and sharer in all that the Holy Spirit will do in this season of Unusual miracles, signs and wonders to reveal to the earth the sons and daughters of God. These are the ones that will deliver the earth for the glory of Jesus. Grant this prayer, Holy Spirit I ask in Jesus name. Amen.

The precious Holy Spirit, my best friend, my Helper, my confidence, my everything this morning in my communion time with Him shared with me more on the boldness and confidence of heart I need to have continuously to walk in the fullness of all the inheritance the Father has made available to me in the now.

As I meditated on the word which I encourage you to do everyday as the Lord is the One who instructed Joshua in Joshua.1::8 to meditate on the word day and night. The importance of Joshua not letting the word depart from his mouth was pivotal, because continually putting the word on his mouth would strengthen him. This would enable him to observe to do all that is written in it, and thus make his way prosperous to find good success.

I have learnt that every human wants good success but tragically not everybody wants to meditate on the word all day long. However doing so does bring exactly what God said would happen that is good success.

As I carried on meditating Joshua.1 the Holy Spirit alerted me to Hebrews.10:19-23 which reads these life changing words which I encourage you to declare aloud over yourself : Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Let me share how you take this word and declare it over your life.

We are qualified as Jesus’s brethren today, so we have boldness. No more timidity or fear or an inferiority complex to enter the Holiest place in the Universe. Not because you have a righteous right or have attained, but through the blood of Jesus that has made atonement for your soul.

Our boldness is in the power of what the blood of Jesus has accomplished for us to empower us to boldly enter into the Presence of the Holiest in a new and living way. The access Jesus has made available for us through His dying in the flesh by shedding His precious blood on our behalf.

Our confidence must always be in what the blood of Jesus made available to us and for that reason we are as bold as a lion when approaching the Father knowing we will not be denied access because the blood of Jesus speaks the better things for us that accompany deliverance.

Now just let these words permeate your heart and soul by washing all over your being to the point where you clearly see what the Holy Spirit will start doing on your behalf. It is staggering to think of the reality of what Jesus did for us that will energize and revive your whole perspective of God. Mountain moving faith will arise when you apply the truth to your life.

When you see yourself from God’s perspective, your heart will explode with ultimate gratitude for the achievement that has occurred on your behalf through the blood of Jesus sprinkled on your benefit. Jesus alludes to this reality when in Mark.5:25-34 the woman with the issue of blood approaches Jesus on the basis of what she had heard of  Him and boldly takes her miracle without even speaking to Jesus.

However it was her continuous saying that if I touch Him I will be made whole, so when she touches the hem of His garment power goes from Him to heal her because she boldly approaches His Presence and gets healed instantly while those around Jesus are wondering what is happening. What is the fuss about someone touching Jesus everybody was.

Jesus being spiritually alert stops because her spiritual understanding gets His attention and He chooses to use her as a testimony of how we as his followers should respond to the Lord. Jesus allows her to share her spiritual experience using her faith regardless of the fact that He, Jesus, has been stopped on His way to attend to the daughter of Jairus who was on the verge of death.

It was imperative that Jesus needed to arrive before the death of Jairus’s daughter in order to save her. However this interruption adds a higher dimension of faith to what Jesus then achieves in the house of Jairus which is to raise the dead.

This is the level of boldness we need to exude in confidence as we approach the Holiest place in the Universe and receive everything Jesus has bought and paid for us to experience through His blood that speaks on our behalf better things that accompany deliverance.

My prayer for you today is that as you hear these words and receive them the grace of boldness will be imparted to you. Then boldly approach the Throne of God Most High and receive what you are needing that seems to have eluded you. Then come out triumphant as the lady with the issue of blood with a new story of what the Lord has accomplished on your behalf.

You will become a true witness of the might of the Hand of the Holy Spirit working in the now of life for you.

May you also continue to grow in this process as you develop your heart and soul to live continually in this place of boldness in the Lord where you continuously approach the Holiest place in the Universe.

Watch out to see as your life becomes an emblem of Praise. A sign and wonder in your generation who reflects as a Gem the awesomeness of the power and reality of the kingdom of Jesus for men to see and glorify His wonderful name in Jesus name. Amen.

A Word of Encouragement For Your Day.

In my morning communion time with the Holy Spirit today as I looked at Luke 8:25 which reads these words: But He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marvelled, saying to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”

The Lord asked me the question “Why are you fearful? Have you lost your faith in me? Now in this instance in this scripture a horrendous storm had arisen from nowhere which was threatening to sink the ship they were in and it was scary and very terrifying .

The weather that day had been very stable however Jesus had taught on the Kingdom of God and had in His private time with the Disciples explained in detail the parable of the sower in which He pointed out how things will arise to steal the word sown in our hearts. They were experiencing a storm arise because satan was seeking to steal the word Jesus had sown into their lives all day.

The Holy Spirit pointed out to me that there is no storm or situation in life that can suddenly spring up from nowhere. Then automatically just paralyzes me with such fear that I forget that God is with me. He said no matter what arises against me it will not prosper and I should not allow it to control my actions. I have the Kingdom’s responsibility not to allow anything to cause me to lose my faith in any battle. Isaiah.54:17.

My faith is in Jesus who has overcome all things. 1 John.5:4 & 5. So no new thing can suddenly arise that He has not already overcome. So from today and going forward never let any situation so captivate you that you act on it rather than on what Jesus has overcome on your behalf.

You will notice clearly from this scripture that the storm did not affect Jesus. He just spoke to it to become calm and it ceased being a problem to align with the peace in His heart. We must also in like manner speak to the storms and not allow them to make us retreat. Mark.11:23 & 24.

So today pick up your courage and speak to every storm that threatens you today and watch it melt like wax before you. Then get up boldly and go right ahead to fulfill God’s plan for your life today.

Be encouraged to move forward with no fear impeding your progress, for the Lord will propel you as you respond in faith to His plan for your life. Blessings.