🔰 *WORD4TODAY* 🔰

*Luke 1:46 MSG*
And Mary said, I'm bursting with *God-news* ;
👇🏼
*Note* , she wasn't bursting with *Good news,* but with *God news.* 💃🏼
👇🏼
Sometimes, when God blesses one, it is difficult to describe the blessing or the feeling.🤔

Dear family.

You can gift someone or an entire family any of my books on Prayer & Intercession. Either of them will surely enhance your prayer life.

Both books are equipped to gain your attention from d first page.

Here are some feedbacks from those who have "tasted" from them

wrote;
EMERGE
#It's difficult to describe this book in one sentence. Reading through it feels like a devotional more than a book on prayer. And then it feels like a motivational text also. Emerge will get you to pray even as you read the book.
This is one book that

a reader is sure to read more than once. It's very rich in scriptural illustrations and practical in its application

wrote;

Just reading emerge! Powerful!
I have pages folded, underlined pages, writing notes! Not a waste whatsoever! I’m a very happy and grateful customer

wrote; 
Great bk sir. I take it everywhere I go. Its been a blessing to me
I followed my wife to saloon nw & took it with me & currently reading it. I have been going thru some health challenges for some time now. Reading this book is building my faith faster to

#Lamentations Chapter 5 sums up everything happening in NIGERIA. From banditry-kidnapping-herdsmen-landgrabbers-bad governance-Ineptitude etc.

Powerfully described in the scriptures, but, there is a solution at the end

Lamentations 5:1 MSG
"Remember, God, all we've been through. Study our plight, the black mark we've made in history. (THE NEEDLESS PLIGHT OF NIGERIANS BROUGHT ABOUT BY BAD GOVERNANCE IS UNPRECEDENTED)

Lamentations 5:2 Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers. (FOREIGN HERDSMEN FREELY & FORCEFULLY GIVEN OUR LAND

Lamentations 5:3 Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows. (THE NARRATIVES OF SOME NIGERIANS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE MERCY OF BANDITS, TERRORISTS & HERDSMEN)

Lamentations 5:4 We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price (IS THERE ANYONE NOT PAYING MORE FOR BASIC NEEDS, EVEN, INSPITE OF HEAVY TAXATIONS & CHARGES.)

🔰 *WORD4TODAY* 🔰

**God will lead you out in grand style -Part 5*

*Acts 13:17 MSG*
God took a special interest in our ancestors, pulled our people who were beaten down in Egyptian exile to their feet, *and led them out of there in grand style*
👇🏼
As we draw the curtains on

this verse today, it will make a huge impact and difference in your life.
👇🏼
*Still on David.*
And after the entire paparazzi of his eventually Anointing in his house and even before his brothers, a few things began to play out.

*Firstly* ,
After his grand exit from the

wilderness, *he was sent for.*
👇🏼
1 *Samuel 16:19 MSG*
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse requesting, "Send your son David to me, the one who tends the sheep."

👉🏼Saul was specific with his request. *Inspite of David's background* , a king sent for him.
*Men and women in high

places will need you and send for you* .

*1 Samuel 16:22 MSG*
Saul sent word back to Jesse: "Thank you. David will stay here. He's just the one I was looking for. I'm very impressed by him."
👉🏼You will be the one that will be needed in the palace.

👉🏼You will impress your

A LONG EXHORTATION

THEME - What if...

Woke up this morning with a puzzling question in my spirit. Dint pay much attention to it, but, as I got out of bed to begin my morning & daily drill of 60mins-90mins of Thanksgiving, that question again interrupted my thoughts 💬.

2.
The question was just packaged in two words....WHAT IF?

Before I could process the thoughts, a barrage of other questions began to roll in, and then, I knew I had to UP my game in my daily Thanksgiving drill.

You see, I do this Thanksgiving "drill" every morning before I

3.
progress to praying in the spirit and then in my understanding and with relevant bible passages. (Thanksgiving is key to my relationship with God, because, I Know this for sure...THE UNGRATEFUL CARRIES A MARK OF RESENTMENT)

NOW;

4.
What if you woke up this morning and you began to "knock" on the gates of heaven, and as you did, an angel appeared and told you, "hey, sorry bro/sis, God is still resting. He had a busy day yesterday, and cannot attend to anyone until 4pm...")

5.
What if you knocked on heaven's gate and was denied access because, the accuser of the brethren just used his reggae to spoil your blues the previous night

What if you needed to pour out libations before seeing God?

A SHORT EXHORTATION

Theme -Never get to this point
1 Kings 11:11b KJV
...I will surely rend d kingdom from thee, & will give it to thy servant

Rending d kingdom from an individual cld mean a ship load of things

It cld mean taking away, a source of wealth, influence, affluence,

strength etc

It is never a thing of joy or something to be celebrated.

English dictionary defines
rend (plural rends) As a violent separation of parts

When God did some kingdom rending from kings in the Bible, it was because, they obviously crossed some red lines.

When Adam & Eve crossed the red line, (Garden of Eden) they experienced a rending.

Many kings too suffered the same fate.
King Saul had his kingdom rend from him. His disobedience not only cost him his kingdom, he "lost" his God.

1 Kings 11:11 KJV
Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

You see, there is nothing more

painful than seeing what made you great being taken over or bestowed upon you considered "lowly"... That is a recipe for high blood pressure.

Rending is COSTLY.
Rending is PAINFUL
Rending is SHAMEFUL.

What God has blessed you with to glorify Him and benefit mankind, must never

A SHORT EXHORTATION

Theme- ...God, you "Deceived" me -Prophet Jeremiah

Jeremiah accused God of deceiving him, yes, you read right. No he did not, you might say, o yes he sure did 🙆🏽‍♂️😱
📌
Jeremiah 20:7a KJV
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived...

2.
Incidentally, he was in the "WILL OF GOD" doing exactly what God told him to do. He was speaking the mind of God, yet, he was arrested, thoroughly lashed and thrown in solitary confinement.

"What's going on here? " he asked.
"This can't be happening to me, I'm in the will of

3.
God for crying out loud" yada, yada, yada

How can a "whole Prophet" accuse God of deceiving him, we may ask. Well, he did.

Things were not going the way he thought they would. He had expected the hearers of God's message to be trembling with fear at the godly warning of

4.
impending doom he was dishing out.

He was largely frustrated and disappointed. "Lord, this must be a joke, and if it is, it ain't funny at all..."

You see, when one is in this "precarious state," all manner of stuffs may begin to manifest. While some will pray for strength

5.
to go on to the end, others may be nagging and complaining, and sadly, many fall into the latter category.

Well, we must understand that even in the will of God, unpleasant things do happen.

Even in the will of God, we can grow weary, tired, disappointed, discouraged,

WHY SHOOT OUR WOUNDED? - Ps. 109:21-31

A Detroit newspaper reportd that a patient in a local hospital was shot and killed as he lay in his bed recovering from a previous gunshot wound. The victim had been listed in fair condition prior to the shooting and was looking forward to

going home. Hospital patients and employees were stunned. A spokesperson said that nothing like this had happened in the 50yrs of the hospital's existence.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could say the same for our churches and relationships?

Wouldn't it be encouraging if we

were able to say that in 50yrs of meeting together for worship, fellowship and spiritual healing, we had not had a single instance of a wounded member being cut down by the unkindness of a fellow Christian?

Many among us have experienced the pain that David expressed in

Psalm 109. When he was hurt and vulnerable, insensitive people took advantage of him. Certainly, if he had sinned, he needed their loving correction. what he didn't need was their scorn, gossip, and selfish neglect.

Who shoots his foot after stubbing his toe?
No one in his

right mind and neither should anyone with the mind of Christ act unmercifully toward a wounded brother or sister in the body of Christ. Rather, we must "show mercy" (v.16).

Give me, Lord, a lot of mercy
For my fellow men each day,
Mercy in their many failures
As they struggle on

A very BLESSED morning to you.

"Living on Lori Iro"

Was studying a few verses in the book of 1Sam. Chapter 4, and I am struck by a few occurrences which are still common in today's world, even as we continually live on self denial. The Lori Iro kind of thing. Nothing thrives

when we live in self denial. There is no fresh start without doing the needful.

Let's take a look at;
1 Samuel 4:2 MSG
The Philistines marched out to meet Israel, the fighting spread, and Israel was badly beaten - about 4,000 soldiers left dead on the field.
1 Samuel 4:3 When

the troops returned to camp, Israel's elders said, "Why has God given us such a beating today by the Philistines? Let's go to Shiloh and get the Chest of God's Covenant. It will accompany us and save us from the grip of our enemies."

The catch here for me is this;

The elders

were quick to blame God for the overwhelming defeat and shame at the hands of the "godless" philistines, and as if that was not enough, they tried to "USE" God, like, He, God, was in their pockets, ready to be used at all times and for whatever purpose. It did not matter if God

was "busy, asleep, playing etc-(just used those catch phrases literally. We know God cannot be caught in any of those)

The point here is that, defeat started for them early, even before the battle.

God had expressed His anger against the prophet over israel (Eli) and his 2

🔰WORD4TODAY🔰
Penninah was said to have mocked Hannah on a consistent basis.

👉🏼Penninah mocked her because she was childless.
👉🏼She mocked her because she was unfruitful.
1Samuel 1:6 NLT
So Peninnah wld taunt Hannah & make fun of her b/c d lord had kept her from having children

👇🏼
Penninah wasn't as prayerful as Hannah, yet, she was fruitful.

👉🏼She wasn't as spiritual as Hannah, yet, she was fruitful.

👉🏼She made fun of Hannah, because, she was "ahead".
👉🏼She made fun of her because, she had the "advantage."

👇🏼
Maybe, there are things u ought to have achieved, but, they are looking impossible to achieve.

👉🏼Maybe, there are things that u ought to have attained unto & u are even light years away even right now.
👇🏼
This situation has made u a laughing stock amongst friends & neighbors.

👇🏼
You have nothing to show for all your regular church attendance, all your prayer meetings, all your tithing, all your offerings.
👇🏼
It's beginning to eat you up internally.😭
👇🏼
Just as Hannah was grieving and praying with tears dripping down her eyes during another church

service, the Bible said;
*1Sam 1v19b KJV*
...& d Lord remembered her.
👇🏼
Yes, the Lord *REMEMBERED her, & the rest, they say is history.
👇🏼
This week, the Lord will glorify u in d presence of your mockers.💃🏼

1Sam 2:1B NLT
...Now I have an answer for my enemies

https://t.co/FIJ8WSoSDO

Link to live Prayer & Intercession👆🏽
🔰WORD4TODAY🔰

Acts 13:17 MSG
God took a special interest in our ancestors, pulled our people who were beaten down in Egyptian exile to their feet, *and led them out of there in grand style.

👉🏼You may have been beaten down by the economic weather, with no chance of coming out strong.

👉🏼You may have been beaten down by circumstances and sicknesses, with no hope of coming out alive

*You were only down.*
But, you were not out.

*The Enemies rejoiced too quickly.*

*Micah 7:8a MSG*
Don't, enemy, crow over me. I'm down, but I'm not out.

👉🏼 *You are coming out in grand style* .

👉🏼You are rising up in grand style.

👉🏼The Lord will make it happen in grand style.
👇🏼
You are not coming out empty.

👉🏼You will come up with compensation.