The God that I serve...

Hmm,

What can I say about Him that you don't already know, nothing and yet......EVERYTHING. The more I seek to know Him, the more I realise that there is still so much yet to discover. This is a short one just to encourage you that the God that we serve is a LIVING God who SEES everything and who LOVES UNCONDITIONALLY regardless, He is a MERCIFUL God who says I FORGIVE YOU and truly means it. The God that I serve is a good God. A very good One. He might not say anything but He is truly keeping watch over His children. So hold on, the storm will pass but you will remain standing as long as you are holding on to Him as tight as you can. I don't know who this is for but it's definitely for me. God bless you.

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted 2nd Timothy 3:12

Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus 2nd Timothy 2:3

A season of prayer; Day 24

A prayer for light

Jehovah El-Elyon, the Most High God. El-Roi, the God who sees, Adonai, El-Shaddai, Jehovah Shammah, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Tsikendu, Jehovah Rohi, Elohim, so many names, one God, so many facets, one God. God who is my shield, God who is my song, God who is my maker. The Lion and the lamb, my rose of sharon, my lily in the valley, my bright and morning star. The sugar in my tea, the One who makes me smile. The One I love totally, without abandon, the one who makes me breakdance in the lab much my amazement, the one who makes me laugh, the one who wipes away my tears, pats me on the back and tells me to keep going forward.

Father, I bless you because you are my light. There is none that can be compared to you for indeed you are very great. At the beginning of creation you commanded that there be light and since then there has always been light. You did this first because you were aware of the importance light has. Sometimes I'm looking for things, trying to organise things but I'm doing it in darkness, how then can I know the way. Switch on the light in my life O Lord. Be my light and salvation. Your word says your light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot comprehend it. So may it be in my life O Lord.

Daddy, your word says that darkness covers the earth and a thick darkness over the people for we have turned our backs on you. Forgive us Lord. Your word has also promised that I will arise and SHINE for my light has come as your glory has risen upon me. Let your glory always cover me all the days of my life, let your light come that I may see, not with natural eyes but with the supernatural. I will see the answers to mysteries, I will see solutions to problems. I will see the road that takes me to destiny in the mighty name of Jesus.

I claim your word which says that the sun will no longer be my light by day or the brightness of the moon shine on me for you have become my EVERLASTING light and you are my GLORY. Daddy, this means that irrespective of seasons I am blessed. Like a tree planted by everlasting rivers of water I am always fruitful for I do not depend on the natural as I begin to walk in the supernatural. Thank you Father, I lift up the issues in my life that require your light before your throne of grace, expectant of an answer. Show me the way through in Jesus name. Thank you for the fact that the promises in your word are always yes and Amen.

2009 continues to remain our year of POSSIBILITIES, ACHIEVEMENT and FULFILLING DESTINY. Remain blessed and highly favoured..


The sun will no more be your light by day,nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light and your God will be your glory. Isaiah 60:19

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1a

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A season of prayer; Day 23

A Prayer for help

Father O Lord, I give you praise. Baba, it is you that all the glory and honour belong to for there is no one like you. The heavens declare the glory of the Lord, the whole earth is full of your glory. I enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I enter your courts with praise. King of glory,I honour and adore you. Eternal rock of ages and my best friend, I salute o. Thank you for today, a day you made for us to rejoice and be glad in. Thank you for today, the day I realised that Daddy's Girl is back (yay...). Thank you Jesus. I'm so grateful for my blog fam. Thanks for all you have used to bless me. Bless them O lord in jesus name.

Today O Lord, I call on you to be my help. You are my help in ages past and are continually my help in times to come. I look around me on my desk and am a tad bit overwhelmed with all the work that I have to do this month. Yesterday my first day back and have to be here till 9pm. I choose not to look at what is around me but like David, I lift up my eyes unto you for my help comes from you. Your word says wisdom comes from you, knowledge and understanding..na u be the source so I am choosing not to fret. I am choosing to encourage myself in you by meditating on your word. You said as I meditate on it day and night I shall have good success.

As you helped Abraham, help me Lord. As you helped Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the Israelites, Joshua, Joseph, David, help me Lord. Show me the smartest way to get the job done. Help me finish this report, the two presentations, the proposal e.t.c. Help me to be a better steward of the resources you have given me. Help me to be a better daughter, sister, friend e.t.c. Help me Lord. Like David, my help comes from you O Lord, the creator of heaven and earth. My foot shall not be moved for you keep me. I shall never be put to shame but as the glory of the Lord rises above me, i shall keep shining and shining until my perfect day.

Thank you Lord, I feel so much better...back to work.

I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2

A season of prayer; Day 21

See A season of prayer; Day 20 here

A prayer for strength

Lord God, indeed you are very great. Your name is Jehovah the I AM GOD, your name is ELOHIM; the One who creates from nothing, the one who can speak to the darkness and create light. The One who can speak to the grave and it must obey and release dead dreams, dead visions and dead hope. The One who does exceedingly and abundantly above all that I can ever think or imagine. Today I am grateful to you for the education that you have blessed me with. I know sometimes I moan about this and that but Father through the pressure has revealed to me so much about myself and so much about you as well. Father, thank you for this year, for showing me the difference between toiling and manifesting. Thank you for teaching me how to do what I should do and giving me favour in the presence of my instructors. Thank you for the privilege of being where I am at this time and I thank you that I shall come to the end of this phase with success all glory coming to your name. Thank you Father, I am expectant.

Today O Lord, I come to ask for strength. As 2008 draws to an end and I stand at the threshold of a new year and a new season in you I am aware of the work that lies ahead and Lord I'm a tad bit overwhelmed. I remember the words of David, he said that when his heart was overwhelmed he would go to the rock that was higher than him. I wonder if he wrote that when he thought about facing Goliath or maybe before going into one of the many battles that he fought. Like Him, I have come to the rock that is higher than I. O Lord, your strength is immeasurable, who can fathom it. Your word says that you are the one who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. Let this be my testimony in 2009 in Jesus name. You enable me to stand on the heights, you train my hands for battle and your right hand sustains me. Your word also says that you will keep me strong to the end so that I will be blameless on the day of my Lord Jesus Christ.

Father, enable me to work in and with your strength. in 2009, I know that there will be obstacles, there will be challenges, there will be battles, there will be mountains to climb and rivers to cross. I look at myself and know that of my own I can do nothing. With you I can do all things. Let your strength keep and guide me to the end. Thank you for supernatural strength to do the impossible, to advance against troops and scale over walls. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. I praise and glorify you O Lord.

Strengthen me in my inner man to do the right thing even when it is difficult, that I choose the higher way and not the road frequently travelled. Strengthen me so that I can remember to encourage myself in the Lord when adverse situations come my way and when what is staring me in the face is the direct opposite of the vision that I have from you. Give me strength to walk away and separate myself from habits that do not take me forward. 2009 has to be the greatest year of my life. A year of achievement and fulfilling the call of God in my life but Lord I need your strength. Even in serving you; Peter said that if we serve we should do it with the strength that you provide. Strengthen me O Lord. Your word says that if I faint in the day of adversity, my strength is small. If I have grown tired running with foot soldiers, what would I do when I face the chariots? Your word has promised that when I wait upon you, you will increase my strength. After waiting, I can run without being tired and walk without growing faint. Strengthen me O Lord in Jesus name.

2008 continues to be a year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES and 2009 a year of ACHIEVEMENT and FULFILLING DESTINY. Thank you Jesus.

He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ 1st Corinthians 1:8

A season of prayer; Day 19

A prayer for clarity of purpose

Heavenly Father, I praise and magnify your name for you are indeed worthy of all praise. Creation speaks of the goodness of the Lord, of your manifold wisdom, of your unquestionable splendour and your exceptional great taste! So many times I wish that I could speak more languages so that I could express in many more words who you are and what you mean to me. Ancient of Days; the One who has always been, always is and forever always will be. Lord of Hosts, my banner. I give you praise for there is none like you. I worship an glorify your name for you are the King and my Lord and my exceedingly great Reward.

Today Father I am thankful unto you for my parents. Thank you for the M.C and MamaG. Thank you for their lives, thank you for the valleys and mountains that You have seen them through. Thank you for helping them to be great parents, thank you for allowing me to enter the earth via them. Thank you even for the fact that they are not perfect, it teaches me that it is by your grace and your grace alone that we do what we have been called to do. Father, thank you for the relationship they have with me; it isn't always perfect and I know we can all do better but I thank you in anticipation of the greater things that you have in store for us. Heavenly Father you know that sometimes I get so used to the fact that they are Mummy and Daddy that I forget that they are individuals as well. That they have strengths and weaknesses, they have desires, needs, goals and aspirations. I thank you for my parents as individuals, thank you for guiding them and keeping them, thank you for what you will still do in their lives in Jesus name. Thank you for they shall live to rejoice as they see their children succeeding in every facet of life in Jesus name.

Father your word says that we should ask that our joy may be full, today O Lord I ask for clarity of purpose. I know you are a God of purpose, you create for function. There is a purpose for my existence, there is a purpose to my life. The created must go to the Creator in order to know what it is we have been created for. Father, show me the instruction manual for my life that I might live in destiny. You re a God of purpose, in the beginning, the first thing you did was to create light because where there is light, other things will fall into place. Daddy, I give you praise. Shine light on my purpose, reveal the reason for why I was created. I can see it dimly, almost seeing men as trees but like the man you healed i want to see men as men. Father, reveal to me the purpose for my existence. I know I was created to worship you and work in your vineyard, Lord reveal more ways how I can do this. Enable me to be available for work in the Kingdom in Jesus name.

I rebuke every thing that would want me to live another person's purpose. Father, you know that sometimes I feel the more 'visible' roles are the more 'spiritual' ones and I tire myself out living other people's lives. Not so anymore Lord. I refuse to do this anymore, like a runner who runs to finish the race that has been set before them, i refuse to run the race on another's track and hence be disqualified. I am happy and rejoice in who you made me to be for no-one has this winning combination. In my purpose, I can celebrate my uniqueness, clarify my purpose O Lord. Father, not my purpose but your purpose for my life for I may have my will and you have yours also but not my will but thine be done. Let me be like Paul who knew his purpose, to preach to the Gentiles, so that at the end I too can testify that I have fought the good fight, have finished the race and kept the faith and am awaiting the crown of righteousness that you have kept in store for me.

Clarify your purpose for my life O Lord for while I work in my purpose, I need not fear death because no evil can come my way before my appointed time and when it comes it means that I shall meet you in glory. Jesus lived for 33 years on earth and we are still living in the impact thousands of years later. Use me to impact my Jerusalem, my Samaria, my Judea and the world for you O Lord in Jesus name. Thank you Heavenly father, thank you for grace to obey the step by step instructions you have given me for I know this is how your purpose for my life unfolds. Thank you Father, thank you Lord in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel.....1st Corinthians 1:17a

A season of prayer; Day 12

A Prayer for family

Thank you Holy Spirit. Your presence is always welcome in my life. Thank you for your fruit, thank you for your gifts. Thank you for your power. Thank you for all you do in my life, thank you for new life in you, the grace to do what I ought to do as opposed to what the flesh wants me to do. Heavenly Father today I am thankful for your sons. Thank you for the men who have stood up to be counted as men of standard. Fathers, who are in both word and deed, providing for and protecting their families, men of integrity who treat their wives and would be wives with utmost respect, hard working men doing their best, men of God knowing that at the end of the day when they put you first, everything else will fall into place. Lord, I know that a few bad eggs sometimes makes me have a jaded perspective but I'm sorry Lord because they were created by you and all you make is good. Thank you for opening my eyes to the truth in your word and seeing as you see. Thank you for fathers, sons, brothers, nephews, uncles and friends. Thank you for the men in my life, sometimes they make me want to scream (lol!) but I love them all so much and you have used them in shaping me into the woman I am today...so thank you.

Today Lord, I am praying for families. A family is the unit of society, dysfunctional families lead to dysfunctional communities and a dysfunctional nation. Father, concerning leadership in the house you said that if a man cannot manage his own home, he should not presume that he can manage the church..Lord, we have allowed the enemy to wreak havoc in the home. Rising divorce rates, teenage pregnancy, violent crimes amongst the youth all these things can be traced back to a generation that turned its back on you and decided to do things their own way. Where vows no longer mean anything...Lord, we can debate about the problems but I know that there is a rock that is higher than I that I can run to. You said except you build a house, we labour in vain to build it. Today, I invite you into the family, starting with me. Lord, come and reign as King.

Holy Spirit, teach us how to do what we should do. Remove pride and self centredness from us, help us as women to be wise and build our homes with love, peace and joy. Teach us how to make our homes; places of refuge from the stormy battles that are faced on the outside. Teach us to set the atmosphere in our homes; with prayer and positive confessions, that once the door is opened, people can almost smell the aroma of your presence. Help us to remember the things that really matter and keep you first place in our families. Teach us to comfort, encourage and give us patience, give me patience and an extra dose of patience.

Lord, I am not a man and cannot presume to even fathom what being one means but I pray that you that knows all things and sees all things will meet the men at the point of their need. Teach men how to love their wives as you love the church, as their own bodies (that cannot be easy)! Teach fathers how not to exasperate their children but to instead bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord, teach them Lord how important their role is in the home. I rebuke the spirit of absentee fathers in Jesus name.

As a child O lord, teach me to obey my parents in the Lord, to honour my parents and submit to them. They do not know everything but neither do I. Thank you for the relationship I have with my parents, help us to make it even better. Forgive me in any way I have not honoured them as I should have. Daddy, I speak peace where there has been strife, forgiveness where there has been bitterness, strength where there has been weakness. Heavenly Father, I pray for everyone that reads this that we will call upon your name concerning our families and that as your children our homes will be models for the world to follow in Jesus name I pray. That's the name that guarantees and answer.

Blessed are all those who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways......your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons (and daughters) will be like olive shoots around your table, This is the man blessed who fears the Lord (Psalm 128:1,3-4)

Unless the Lord builds a house (home), its builders labour in vain(Psalm 127:1a)

A season of prayer; Day 11

A prayer for peace

Be still, my soul; the Lord is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; thy best, thy heavenly, Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

(First verse, "Be still my soul", by Catharina von Schlegel

Ancient of Days, I am that I am, Holy One, you deserve the glory, honour and praise. Thank you for another opportunity to give you praise. In all the seasons of life, you remain God. From infancy to childhood; adolescence to adulthood, even as a rocking elder, you will still be God showing yourself strong and mighty. In autumn, winter, summer and spring, you are God.

Father today I thank you for my family, those connected by blood and those you have grafted into the 'quilt' of my life. Daddy, we may be related but we are different people, different personalities and different outlooks on life and due to that we do not always get along, sometimes we outright clash, sometimes we throw the fruit of the spirit like patience, self-control out of the window as we really get down to it but Lord I thank you that you have bound us together with love. Your love keeps us and guides us and we pull together even when circumstances want to pull us apart.

Today I pray for peace; that stillness that comes not because there is no storm but because you are with me in the storm and until there comes a wind that you cannot still, then teach me to know that there is no reason to be afraid. Like Gideon who built an altar to Jehovah Shalom- the Lord is peace even though the enemy was on all sides give me that peace in my heart. I speak to the storms, I command the waves with the authority vested in me as a child of God and I say Peace, be still. I speak to my heart, I speak to my soul, Be still. I encourage myself in the word of God and choose to bear patiently, like Joeseph until the word that has been spoken over my life comes to manifestation.

Daddy, Lord I must be at peace for you are my peace. Holy Spirit you enable me bear the fruit of peace. Your word says blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God. O lord as I pursue peace in my own life, help me to also be a bearer of peace, help me O Lord not to add strife to the lives of others, let my words and my actions bring about peace in the mighty name of Jesus. I pray for fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, husbands and wives, mothers in 'love' and daughters in 'love' father give us all peace in Jesus name.

For He himself is our peace Ephesians 2:14

A season of prayer; Day 10

A prayer for a new thing

Eternal rock of ages, thank you for breath. I have breath so I will praise your name. Today, I am ever thankful for the relationship that I have with you. You pursued me relentlessly, i didn't have a choice but to return the love that you have shown to me. I wasn't worthy of your love, I didn't deserve it but you loved me anyway. You are the One who has never missed a date, never been late for an appointment, loved me through weight loss and weight gain. Loved me through the valleys and the mountains. Thank you for your unfailing love. O Lord, I bless your name.

Father, your word says that I should forget the former things and not dwell on the past. Father, you know that the past has pain, the past has lack, the past is full of hurts and things I truly want to forget but Lord in my quiet moments I find myself going back and rehearsing the past and it seems I'm back at square zero. Lord give me the strength to let go of it all. Like Paul, I want to forget those things that are behind and strain towards what is ahead of me in my destiny. I want to press towards the goal to win the prize for which you have called me. I know the thoughts you have towards me are thoughts of good and not of evil to give me a future and a hope. A future and a hope...a beautiful future, a future and a hope. Father, I hope in your word.

Daddy, there are no impossibilities in you. With man, some things are impossible but with you all things are possible. O Lord, I believe you for a new thing in my family, in my future, in my finances, in my education, in my body, in my relationships, in my career, in my ministry, in my destiny. What people have called impossible, show that it is possible in Jesus name. Create ways in the wilderness and streams in the desert. Father where people see famine, show me prosperity. Isaac obeyed you and sowed in the land and he reaped a hundred fold. Thank you Lord, I step into a new day with you. In the name that guarantees an answer, the name of Jesus. Amen

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland Isaiah 43:18-19

A season of prayer; Day 9

A prayer for faith

Daddy, a new morning. 11 hours away from home and eight hours behind GMT but Lord you remain the same, you are God, here, there and everywhere. You speak all languages, your wisdom is infinite. I will continue to bless and praise your name because there is noone like you. Faithful are you O lord, mighty is your name. Be exalted O Lord, above the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth. My soul will magnify your name, my lips will rejoice and make music, my body shall dance for you are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. None can compare to you, indeed there is no one like you.

Faith is being SURE of what we hope for, being confident of things that we have not yet seen. Lord, it's taking you at your word, that if you said it, it will come to pass. Your word says that it is impossible to please you without faith. Daddy, I know this but some days my faith vanishes out of the window as I allow fear to overwhelm me. Fear of tomorrow, fear of the unknown, fear; the devils mirage that makes me stop. O Lord, help me in my unbelief, increase my faith O Lord. I choose to trust in your word. You said that blessed are those who believe without seeing, help me Lord to keep my spiritual eyes open that I may not be overwhelmed by what my natural eyes see. That I may know that although the issues I face daily are real, Lord many are those who are with me than those who are against me, that you are for me, that you are faithful concerning your promises in my life.

Lord, when I evaluate my life, I look at those things that I do not have, I compare where I sense You want me to be to where I actually am and I ask "Is it ever gonna happen?" . Like Sarah, sometimes I laugh with a tinge of bitterness and ask "How can this be" but you are a God who does not obey natural laws, your word says If I have faith like a mustard seed, I can command mountains. Lord, give me that faith that believes for the impossible. I want to walk on water, I want to prosper in famine. I want to confess those promises in your word, irrespective of what the situation looks like. I want to live by faith!

Our relationship is by faith for how does one believe in a God that one does not see with the natural eyes but Lord I have seen your work in my life and I thank you. Lord send people into my life who strengthen and encourage me in my faith so that in trials I will not be unsettled. Help me to stand firm in you and your word for your word is truth. Let every man be a liar, you alone be true. I receive all that you have for me in Jesus name.

Thank you Lord for faith, a renewed faith. In my life, do what you alone can do O Lord in Jesus name. Amen. 2008 continues to remain our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES as we have faith in our God who gives us SUPERNATURAL SUCCESS.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith- of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1st Peter 1:6-8

A season of prayer; Day 8

A prayer for love

Daddy, thank you for a new day. A day full of opportunities; opportunities to remedy the mistakes of yesterday; opportunities to create new memories today and opportunities to sow towards the future and the hope that you have created for me. O Lord, I give you praise, Daddy I magnify your name. Thank you especially for today, today is Ebony's birthday (people please go and show some love!). Daddy thank you for her life, thank you for using her to bless us through her blog. Thank you for using her to bless me through her words, prayers and encouragement. Father, thank you because this is a new season in her life and I know that you will do wonderful things that are marvellous in our eyes in Jesus name.

Father, thank you for being a God of love, you who so loved the world that you gave your Only Beloved son to die for me while I was yet a sinner. Father, teach me how to love the way you do. Your word says that I should not love the world or the things in the world for if I do, your love is not in me for no one can serve two masters. Father, I need your love to be in me, give me the grace to always say no to the world and yes to you. The greatest commandment is not that we pray or shout or sing but that we love you with all our heart, all our mind and with all our strength. You said that if we love you we will obey your commandments. Of myself, I cannot, the pull of my flesh towards the things of this world can be so magnetic but Lord let your grace be sufficient. You said the weak should confess that they are strong, I need your strength O Lord.

You word also says, i should love my neighbour, you said we should love one another. Here, O Lord I still struggle. It can be hard work, Daddy to love without receiving anything in return, to love without it being appreciated because I know that far from being something that I feel, love is something that I do. Your word says that my love should not just be in words and tongue but in actions and truth, you said if we love one another that you would live in us and make your love complete in us. Your Word also shows that I cannot truly love you and not love others. I ask O Lord, teach me to love like you, to say sorry first, to say thank you, to be there, to be available to do what needs to be done, to laugh, to cry, to celebrate and to forgive for love covers a multitude of sins. A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. God, it's easy to write it, easy to say it but difficult to live it. The fruit of the spirit is love, Holy Spirit please plant that seed in me again and help me to do your will O lord.

Thank you for the people you have brought into my life to love me, thank you for those you have commanded me to love, even when it is difficult. I choose to love. Thank you Father for by your grace I can do. I commit all relationships that need restoration before your throne of grace. Let love be the cement that glues the broken pieces back together O Lord in Jesus name. For those who have loved and it seems that they have lost o Lord, let them be encouraged by your word which reminds us that those that leave did not belong to us for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us; but their going showed that they did not belong to us. Give us the grace to wait for the one who will remain with us, loving unconditionally as you do. Take all the glory, take all the honour, take all the praise in Jesus name.

2008 continues to remain our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONIES as we prepare to CROSS OVER and TAKE OVER.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God 1st John 4:7

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins 2nd Peter 4:8

A season of prayer; Day 7

A prayer for protection

Daddy, I thank you. I give you praise and glorify your name for you are good and your mercies endureth forever. The Mighty One in Israel who is still mighty in the United Kingdom, the United States, in Africa, in India, in Australia, Baba you reign on high and your mercies endureth forever. You speak all languages but your word is one, a rewarder of them that diligently seek you. I give you praise and glorify your name. Take all the glory Lord, take all the honour and adoration in Jesus name.

Daddy, thank you for being Jehovah Nissi, the God who is my banner. In this war against principalities and powers, rulers of darkness and evil thoughts and imaginations, I can raise the flag that says this one belongs to the Lord of Hosts. Your word says you surround the righteous as a shield. Thank you for the blood of Jesus, as I plead it, you allow death to pass over, you allow sickness to passover. Thank you Jesus.

Lord, my God, how excellent is your name in all the earth. I do not trust in horses or chariots for although the horse is made ready for the day of battle, victory comes from the Lord. I choose not to be afraid, your word says you will contend with those that contend against me. Your word says that I am blessed and no one can curse who God has blessed. Your word says that the causeless curse shall never come to rest and that your anointed ones should be done no harm. Your word says there is no sorcery against Jacob and no divination against Israel. Thank you for journey mercies, everyday in 2008. I went out and came back in, my family as well. We travelled by air, train, car and you protected us. You went before us and kept our paths straight. Not because of our goodness but because of your faithfulness to your word.

Father, I thank you for You who protected us in 2008, will continue to protect us in Jesus name.

2008 continues to remain our year of uncommon testimonies as we TAKE OVER without a CARRY OVER.

The Lord is my rock,my fortress and my deliverer, my God is my rock in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold Psalm 18:2

A season of prayer; Day 6

A Prayer for stress-free livin'

Everybody move your body now
Forget about the blue days
Everybody move your body now
Tomorrow (Today)is a good day Styl-Plus "Imagine that"

Unsearchable One, Unquestionable one, Unchanging changer, Unanswered Answer, Unshaking shaker, the full stop, O Lord, my soul delights in you. I give you praise for a new day. Nagode, Ese modupe, dalu. Thank you for today. That you for pressing in through my period of melachonoly with your joy and peace. Thank you Jesus. Thank you for using the little things like the lyrics of that song to lift my spirits. I will move my body, left, right and forward, breakdancing like remi because TODAY is a good day, joy has come in the morning!

Father, I approach your throne repenting for doubting your word and looking around me instead of looking up. Your word says that I should keep looking unto Jesus who is the Authour and finisher of my faith. Yesterday when I couldn't find the jewellry, I began to panic, I began to get upset, I began to cry but I didn't begin to call unto you or to speak in tongues and even when I prayed it was more like a prayer by the disciples when the boat was in the storm "careth not thou if we perish". Lord, you know how easy it usually is for me to get stressed up. School reports, homework, rent, bills, shopping, cleaning e.t.c. Trying to juggle it all in my strength instead of relying on your grace to be sufficient, to allow your strength be perfected in my weakness.

Daddy, help me for stress free livin, always remind me that because you are in the boat, I will make it to the other side.I will always make it because you have the power to command the waves to be still. Give me peace O Lord. Teach me to trust in the logos and your rhema. Dear Lord, please help me find my jewellry, it is really precious to me but I refuse to be stressed about it. Your word says I should be anxious for nothing but I should make my requests known unto you by prayer and petition with thanksgiving. You said if I do that you will give me Your peace; a peace from above that transcends all understanding to guard my heart and mind. Thank you Lord. No panic attacks, no crying, no depression. I will pack my bags and focus on your goodness in my life. Father, I am trusting in you, I have poured out my heart to you for you are my refuge.

Thank you Lord for the journey, I ask for your protection and your favour. I also ask for self-control! Lord, you know I need it. Thank you for being a Father, thank you for being a Friend, thank you for hugging me when I feel you should be spanking me. I love you Lord. I pray that you give peace, your peace to those who need it in Jesus name.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song Psalm 28:7

A season of prayer; Day 4 and 5

A prayer for wisdom

King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Olodumare, Kabiyesi, Awesome one, Ancient of Days, Father of light, Father of love, the Holy One who loved an unholy people. Righteous One, who clothes me with His righteousness, the I am that I am, the I will God. The pillar that holds my life, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, my balm in Gilead, my Rose of Sharon, my lily of the valley, my bright and morning star. King of kings, there is noone like you. Take glory o Lord in the mighty name of Jesus.

Father today as I come into your presence, thanksgiving is on my lips, thanksgiving is in my heart. I am grateful for salvation, o lord to be one of the called. To be assured that my eternity will be spent with you. Lord, I am grateful for what was easy for me was not easy for you, while I was still a sinner, you sent your Son to die for me. He took the curse upon Himself that I might live a blessed life. Dear Lord, I thank you. Forgive me when I take this new life for granted. Thank you Lord.

Father your word says that we should ask that we may receive, we should seek so that we may find, we should ask and the door will be opened to us. Today O lord, I come to ask for wisdom, to know your heart and your will concerning the issues of life. Your word O Lord says that if any lack wisdom, he or she should ask God who gives generously to all and it will be given to us. Your word also says, wisdom is the principle thing and as we go for it we should add understanding. Yet again your word says that you O lord gives wisdom and from your mouth comes knowledge and understanding. Wisdom is more precious than rubies, with wisdom are riches and honour, enduring wealth and prosperity for the fruit of wisdom is better than fine gold.

Lord, I need your wisdom, not earthly wisdom, not knowledge that comes from my education or even the books I have read but Baba, wisdom that comes from you, for the wisdom that comes from you reveals the things hidden in the secret and dark places. Your wisdom comes with answers to life's questions. Daddy, you know how confused I get at the crossroads of life, turning left, right, forward and backward, making movement but not making progress. Lord give me wisdom, give me understaning. The wisdom that enables me to be a solution provider where people only see problems. Your word says that a reverent fear of you is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is the beginning of understanding. Help me to fear you. Daddy, let your instruction guide me, let your discernment lead me. Even in the situations that I face, Lord show me what to do. To go forward or to wait. To say yes or to say no.

Teach me to be a wise woman who builds her house, even when the wise decision does not make sense in the natural, give me the inner strength to walk on the narrow path. Let wisdom enable me fear evil and shun evil. Thank you Lord, thank you Father. Bless me, O Lord in Jesus name. Father, grant as many as read these words your wisdom in Jesus name.

By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. A wise man has great power and a man of knowledge increases strength; for waging war you need guidance and for victory many advisers Proverbs 24:3-6

A season of prayer..Day 2

A Prayer of consecration

Heavenly Father, I give you praise. I honour and adore your name. Thank you for this new day, a day you created for me to rejoice and be glad in. A day of accomplishing your purpose for my life. A day of taking fresh new steps towards the destiny you have for me. I give you glory and I give you praise.

Daddy, in this season of prayer,I ask for your consecration. Help me to separate from thoughts, words and actions that do not give you glory. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight O Lord. Your word says to be holy for you are holy, to be holy is to be set apart, to be consecrated for the Masters use. Lord I need your strength because of myself I can do nothing. Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. Let my words be pure and emanate from a pure heart.

Holy Spirit, I need your help to walk in the spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Father, I receive the grace to live a Holy life. Help me O Lord in Jesus name. Give me the grace to be a vessel worthy of honour in Jesus name.

Lord who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from His heart and has no slander on his tongue..Psalm 15:1-3a

What chapter are you on?

The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in CONFUSION, As the king's order reached every area, there was a great SADNESS and loud CRYING among the Jewish people. They gave up eating and cried out loud, and many of them lay down on rough clothes and ashes to show how SAD they were Esther 3:15b, 4:3 (New Century Version) Capitals mine

It was a time of HAPPINESS, JOY, GLADNESS and HONOUR for the Jewish people. As the king's order went to every state and city, there was joy and gladness among the Jewish people. In every city and state to which the king's order went, they were having feasts and celebrating. Esther 8:16,17a (New Century Version) Capitals mine

They received a letter
An edict from the king
He was a great king
who ruled over 127 provinces
from India to Africa
Sounds of wailing
filled the land
and they were thrown in utter confusion

But they remembered they had a God
who was unlike any other
He ruled from Everlasting to Everlasting
A King over all Kings
They called upon Him
In prayer and fasting
In ashes and sackcloth
He heard their cries
and turned things around

They received a letter
An edict from the king
He was a great king
who ruled over 127 provinces
from India to Africa
but this time
sounds of JOY
filled the land
laughter and celebration

So what chapter are you on? The same people who in chapter 3 were crying and wailing were rejoicing and celebrating in chapter 8 because they served a God who is both Alpha and Omega. He is God at the beginning of the story and He remains God at the end and everything in between. Amen. Be encouraged, whatever 'letter' or 'report' you may have received, no matter how powerful the signature underneath or the letterhead above it may be, God is more powerful. Seek God's face, lay it at His feet, wait and obtain instructions from on High and watch Him turn things around. Don't despair because you are in a chapter 4 season, rejoice because the bestseller called your life aint finished yet! VICTORY is your portion in Jesus name.

Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2008 remains our year of UNCOMMON TESTIMONY in Jesus name.

N.B A very big CONGRATULATIONS to Jaycee (and boo) on the announcement of their engagement. My dear sis, this is just the beginning of God's reward to you for your faithfulness. More is to come. You are indeed a blessing! In case you haven't please go and show some love on her page!

Who would have thought?

For who hath despised the day of small things? Zechariah 4:10a (KJV)

Brothers (and sisters!)I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I PRESS ON towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus Phillipians 3:13-14 (NIV) brackets and capitals mine

For I know the thoughts and plans I have for you, declares the Lord, "plans to PROSPER you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) capitals mine

Who would have thought....

that the orphaned, captive of today would be a queen tomorrow (Esther)
that the ones called barren would have cause to laugh (Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth)
that the one who stuttered would be bold enough to face Pharoah (Moses)
that the one who denied Christ would speak for Him and die for Him (Peter)
that the foreign widow would have a reason to smile again (Ruth)
that the tanned sherperd boy, forgotten by his own father would reign as king (David)
that after 34 years of paralysis, he would walk home carrying what had been carrying him (thanks, 30+!) (the ex-paralytic!)
that the one who went through the pit, slavery and prison would end up in the palace (Joeseph)
that irrespective of how your today seems, your TOMORROW will be greater as you walk with the Almighty, the TURN IT AROUND God. He is an UNCHANGING CHANGER. He does not change but there is no situation He cannot change.

Today, looking at our lives there might be a great discrepancy between what He has promised and what we are actually experiencing but He has asked us not to despise these days, they are days of small beginnings but thank God because He has greater plans in store for us in our future. We all have made mistakes but let's not let that stop us. Forget the mistakes of yesterday and press on towards what is ahead. There is breakthrough in front of you, there is a testimony in front of you, there is VICTORY in front of you.

Who would have thought, eh?!

Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2008 continues to remain our year of uncommon testimony in the mighty name of Jesus.

Your latter will be greater than your past
You will be blessed, more than you can ask
In spite of all that has been done
The best is yet to come
And your latter will be greater
Your latter will be greater than your past
Israel Houghton