Session 1: Text-Pr. 10 :15 #prayerFocus I reject Poverty

Yesterday, I shared with you how God told us to call a 30days prayer and fasting meeting in order to cause a fundamental shift in our circumstances.

One of the things i did during that prayer/fasting season, was to reject poverty.

Poverty is a curse that should not be allowed to remain after you are born again.

According to scriptures, Christ Jesus became poor so that we through His poverty might become rich-see 2Cor. 8:9.

Poverty is not the lack of money or the absence of basic necessities.

You are poor when you believe your prevailing circumstances is your lot in life. When your mental prowess is disabled and you are convinced there is nothing that can be done to change your life’s circumstances, then you are truly poor

You are indeed poor and suicidal. A vision-less person is shutting down vital organs already.

Revelation shows you how to proceed but vision keeps you going.

Christ manifested to destroy the works of the devil. He carried our sins and the effects of sin which are, poverty, sicknesses, subjugation, etc.

If Christ carried it, and has redeemed me, why should i have what He took away?

The truth you know and apply will set you free.

Ignorance and lack of vision is at the base of curses manifesting on Christians.

People are ruined they have no knowledge about what is right, holy and true.-See Hod. 4:6

Where there is no vision – Divine guidance, people perish as well.,-Pr. 29:18.

Your success in life depends on you – your knowledge of God, and your vision for your life.

ACTION

In order to really deal with the the curse of poverty, it was necessary to review our lives

Poverty and subjugation are effects of sin. The borrower is subject to the lender.

We really had to pray about indebtedness and decided to maximize rather than live above our income.

We had to cut down and cut back, and asked God to help payoff debts.

We also reviewed family history in order not to perpetuate their sinful ways and reinforce the curse of poverty.

I hope you know that when you got born again, all demons were Deactivated. You were rescued from the kingdom of darkness and transported into God’s kingdom of light.

Which means you are no longer under satan’s authority.

The best part is that Christ turned the tables on the devil and gave you authority over all the forces of darkness.

However, if you are not growing in the knowledge of God and Christ, you are open for demon activity.

Demons cannot possess you because of the indwelling Holy Spirit, but they can influence adversities in your life and make your life one big living hell.

That is what Demonization is all about.

Curses enable sequences of failures. So, when you feel pushed to a very tight corner, check your life – your prayer and word life, your family history, your lifestyle, and stand in God’s Word and reject poverty in its entirety.

In Christ Jesus, all things are yours – 1Cor. 3:21.

Remember that the poor you have always but the scripture did not say you must be that poor that they should have always.

In fact Christians are called to help the poor. How can you help the poor when you are the poor.

That was how i was back then. The poor were all around me and my mental attitude was gradually being eroded by poverty mentality.

But it stopped when we stood against it and took actions that showed up our faith in God.

Drastic situations call for drastic measures.

What do you need to do to be perfected for the next level?

Your circumstances must change. You have been redeemed from all curses in Christ Jesus.

Change your mindset. God’s desire for you is that you prosper and remain in health, and to do good first to the household of faith and to your blood relatives.

God is perfecting that aspect of your life, please cooperate. Do the needful. Shalom

Prayer:

ABBA Father, thank you for redeeming me from the curses of poverty, mental instability, sequences of failures and all other related evils.

I acknowledge my sins made me vulnerable to the influences of the forces of of evil.

I receive forgiveness and cleansing from all unrighteousness.

All foul spirits are to leave my realm of life now to the feet of Christ Jesus. I shut the doors against evil and declare enough is enough.

Thank you Father for remivibg poverty, indebtedness, servitude and shame from my life and making me a partaker of the saints inheritance in Christ.

I enter into the spiritual and material blessings of Abraham, for You blessed Abraham in all things-wealth, land, riches descendants, servants divine health and longevity.

Thank you for helping me to reposition myself as the Helper of the poor and not the one seeking helpers. Thank you for making me a financial missionary. I rise to that calling today, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amein

Shalom from #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly.

Session 1, Text Matt. 17:20: #prayerFocus Tenacious Faith

Some years ago when I was in the mission field, I received word in my spirit to do a 30 day fast with the members of the church where I was pastor.

The prayerFocus was ‘from story to glory:

We were a pitiable lot at that missionary church: there were lots of hurting, troubled and deviant people there.

The curse of poverty was active in the community for it was deeply entrenched in occultism and African Traditional Religion.

The church truly was poverty-stricken. The faithfuls were distressed single moms, school drop outs, drug addicts and those with mental health issues.

The church house became a homeless shelter. We sleep there and hold services there.

It was tough going, but we kept going.

But things needed to change. We needed a break.

Our times and seasons are in God’s hand. I knew God would show up but how, I had no idea.

However, i kept upholding the people in prayers and strengthening their faith. Every financial support my family gave me was put into the Work. I sacrificed everything i owned to propagate the Gospel and match the great commission with Christ like compassion

The occultists felt threatened and resorted to acts of violence against us. The police had to be called in sometimes.

Something good just needed to happen to strengthen the faith of the people.

And then, the voice of God came to me, to hold the 30days prayer and fasting session.

Not everyone participated. Some were busy with their failed businesses and had no time.

However, everyone of us who walked in the timing of God by obeying the call to prayer, have stories of changed circumstances to narrate.

I have all the prayer points and word focus for each of those days. I kept record of every word God spoke to us through His Word, just as i have been Blogging Words from this prayer season.

We were never tired of saying “my story must change to glory ”

Within 7 months, the glory in our story started showing up. God re-housed several of us.

Our circumstances changed that everyone knew indeed that it was a move of God.

Three of the kids are graduates from the university. No one in their families have an education.

Just last week someone from one of the families who participated in that prayer session, got married.

Previously in that family, the women folk always had children outside of wedlock. She has become the first educated and legally married woman in that family.

God is absolutely faithful. 5 Years later, several of us are still enjoying the change of our story to glory.

Through that prayer session , we were led by God’s Spirit to provoke a paradigm shift. We prayed and our next level became reality.

Our stories changed to glory.

Whenever i receive prayer themes, i pray expectantly. I know there is still so much to be perfected in my family, ministry and my life.

And i do know that God is perfecting all that concerns everyone who are participating in this prayer session. Hallelujah.

Beloved, faith does not give up. Our opening scripture says, “if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed ye shall say…nothing shall be impossible unto you” Matt. 17:20.

A lot of people just become hopeless and confused, when trouble strikes. And because they are unwilling to apply God’s word to their reality, they give up at the time of their visitation.

I pray you will not give up at the time of your visitation, in Christ precious name.

We teach, preach and pray so that you can pray with faith from a position of victory and not defeat.

We need you to have adequate knowledge of God’s Word and to confront your issues spiritually first.

Nothing is impossible for God to do.

There are different types of prayers. There is a time to do spiritual warfare and a time to praise and make supplications.

Today, we are going to ask God to supernaturally intervene in your lives and circumstances.

God is the Monarch of the universe and He rules in the affairs of men.

Prayer Points:

Today, we are going to be praying for those who are facing personal challenges in their ‘faith-walk’ with GOD due to economic, Health, marital, ministry, etc problems.

I ask that your spirit be strengthened, and the entrance of God’s Word into your spirit produces strong faith that will cause you to walk in the liberty of the Spirit, in Christ precious name

I pray that GOD as SOVEREIGN and RIGHTEOUS JUDGE of the universe intervene in your situation so that it will align with His Word for your life.

I ask that DIVINE mercy prevail over judgement and grant you respite from your troubles.

I command the lifting up of all spiritual embargoes on your economy that has blocked your goods, sales, services and products.

I thank God that all the evil spiritual coverings that has shut up your economic activities and reduced your business to ground zero are hereby abrogated.

I am thankful that and end has come to the curse of poverty, wretchedness, frustration, sequences of failures, wrong choices, bitterness, addictions and addictive behavior, for the grace of God that brings healing, comfort, prosperity, encouragement, peace, restoration, transformation and all other blessings has come upon you and yours.

Therefore, from today, healing is yours. Hope is restored in you. Receive ideas, insights and concepts that will create wealth for you.

Establish, expand be comforted, be a blessing to your world, in Christ precious name. Amein.

Shalom from #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly

Session 1, Text: Eph. 6:18 #prayerFocus: No more depression

God’s Word says, “Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people).”Eph. 6:18, AMP.

Beloved, today, we are going to intercede on behalf of those tormented by feelings of depression.

Depression is a medical, social and spiritual problem.

Victims of depression experience persistent feelings of sadness, which affects how they think, behave and feel.

People can become depressed due to difficult life circumstances, when there are changes in brain chemistry, when they are anxious, have suffered loss, are genetically vulnerable, or are stressed.

Some symptoms are: apathy, insomnia, tearfullness, hopelessness: loss of interest & appetite: fixation, agitation, tiredness, weight loss, worthlessness self blame, suicidal thoughts etc.

Depression is not something you tell someone to snap out of but you can help them heal from.

Today we shall stand in the gap for those friends and family members feeling depressed.

It really does not matter if the depression is medical, hereditary or demonic. We do know there is nothing impossible for God to do.

Prayers :

* Pray fervently in the spirit in accordance with our opening scripture for God’s people all around the world suffering from depression: that the grace of God that brings healing, deliverance, prosperity, peace, sound mind, and perfection be upon them.

* Bind them to walk continually in the light of God’s Word, and in the consciousness of the God-life and indwelling Spirit in all circumstances, being victorious in all things.

* Declare that anxiety, depression, sickness, hopelessness, worthlessness, self blame agitation, tiredness, angry outbursts, and all related evils no longer have a place in them.

* Affirm they walk in divine health, victory, prosperity, and are transformed in their thinking-for their attitude, mindset, belief system, perspective and life character is improved and upgraded to God’s glory.

* And for you, affirm that your spirit is alert and yielded to the Holy Spirit, and that you walk daily under the guidance and influence of the Holy Spirit, fulfilling your purpose in Christ Jesus, to the Glory of God. GOD bless you.
Shalom, From #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly

Session 1:Text Titus 2 :11: #prayerFocus – Graced to Excel

Grace has two sides to it. One is unmerited favor: and the other is God’s overflowing ability that is at work in the life of the Christian believer.

Rather unfortunately, a great number of Christians frustrate God’s grace by depending on their abilities. And they live a frustrated and defeated lifestyle.

That is no longer your portion in Jesus mighty name.

There are those that appreciate God’s grace but who have low self image and thus feel very inadequate.

Moses went into exile for fear of his life. Even after having an encounter with the miraculous power of God, his low self image almost became his undoing.

However God’s grace enabled him to fulfill destiny. He became the Deliverer of the people of God.

Today I speak over your life: all the inadequacies you feel are displaced by the grace of God. Not only will you stand before kings, your kingship shall manifest, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

When the grace of God manifested in David, he ruled in the place of Saul.

David’s gift made room for him to stand before kings: but God’s grace made him a king. Glory to God.

Gideon had a very low self image. However, he had a life changing encounter which graced him for excellence.

Gideon saw himself as a poor man, from a poor family, and the least among his siblings-See Judges 6:15.

That kind of mentality, made him timid, fearful, mediocre and a non-achiever, even though he was an enterprising young man.

However all his labor was barely enough to live on. Because the Midianites might just cash in on his hard work leaving him with nothing. So he was working in a hidden location when the grace of God appeared to him and things changed for him. Read the story in Judges 6.

Gideon saw himself a poor weakling. But God saw a mighty man of Valor in him.

Can you see how God’s enabling grace caused Moses, Gideon, David and Paul to stand out? They excelled, prospered and blessed others when the grace of God appeared to them.

God’s enabling grace become evident when His Word is believed. Look beyond your presenting circumstances and trust God to perfect all that concerns you.

God who chose David for Kingship also enthroned him.

The Apostle Paul was the least of the apostles but the level of God’s grace distinguished him for excellence.

How aware you are of God’s grace and how you draw on it is what makes the difference.

Prayer points

1. Thank God for His Word that has unveiled the truth to you.

2. From today, refuse to allow the forces of evil drive you into hiding your gifts, talents and gifts.

3. Command all evil spirits enforcing and influencing the yokes of ancestral poverty, hardship, fruitless labor, timidity, low self image, fear and all other related evils, to leave at once to the feet of Jesus Christ.

4. Affurm that Christ manifested and destroyed the works of the devil :therefore, all the evil deposits in your life and bloodline which had been the reason for all your past painful experiences are destroyed.

6. Proclaim the following: Father God thank you for giving me more grace. I believe in the finished work of Christ and thus, i am walking in the vital reality of my heritage.

I affirm that as your righteousness in Christ I am bold and brave like a lion. I walk in the revelation that as a partaker of your divine nature, i live by the excellence of your Spirit at work in me.

I refuse to live any longer as a victim for i have received abundant grace and the gift of righteousness enabling me live the life of excellence.

The grace of God that brings deliverance, salvation, prosperity, healing, health, safety, security, wholeness, preservation, progress, excellence and all blessings in Christ, has appeared to me (Titus 2:11).

Thank you Father, in Jesus name i have prayed. Amein.

Trust your day went well. God bless you. Shalom, from #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly.

Session 1: Text: Psalm 144:1: #prayerFocus: General Warfare Prayer

Greetings Prayer Partners . Trust your day went well.  Please modify the prayers to suit your peculiar needs.

A friendly reminder: If you are not born again, engaging in spiritual warfare can be counter productive. Only those who have accepted Christ have authority over the devil and the forces of evil. First accept Christ and be rescued from the domain of the devil, then you war against him.

Lets’ run to the Battle:

We worship you great and mighty God. We proclaim your majesty and say are greater than the greatest, higher than the highest and bigger than the biggest. Awesome God. You are glorious in holiness and fearful in prayer. Thank You for being our God.

And thank YOU for making us spiritual warriors. In your name we demolish strongholds and put to flight the forces of evil. I Have overcome the world and its systems, troubles, predicaments, afflictions and temptations for Christ in me is greater than he that is in the world.

I exercise my authority in Christ over all the devices and schemes of the enemy and i affirm that I am eternally triumphant over them. I am thankful for my divine destiny in Christ Jesus Wherewith the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. I have escaped the corruption, depravity and decadence that are in this world through lust. I’m perfected in Christ Jesus.

I affirm the truth of who I am in Christ Jesus. I’m perfect, whole, excellent and full of glory. Christ has been made unto me, righteousness, wisdom, and sanctification. For as He is, so am i in this world I am the effulgence of His grace and beauty. Glory to God.

As the seed of Abraham and heir of the whole world, I declare that my prosperity is unlimited for in Christ Jesus, all things are mine. The grace and peace of God is multiplied upon me therefore, i lay up gold as dust. I walk in the realm of unlimited goodness, supernatural favors and super abundance for  all my needs are met according to God’s riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Amein.

Shalom! Happy new week. From #theWatchMan Hephzibah Christly

session 1: Text:Rm. 8:14-25 #prayerFocus I’m Moving Forward

I am always filled with awe daily as I receive the #prayerFocus for the day from the Holy Spirit our Intercessor. It points me to the direction God is moving in  our circumstances.  I am thankful to God for those of you who are committed to their cause and are praying along with us.

So many Christians live by happenstance. They become active and seek the face of God when they are in trouble.  However, those who know the God they serve do exploits-See Dan. 11:32. When you are sensitive to the moves of God, you will discern the times and flow with it and live in perpetual victory.

The children of Issachar were men that had understanding of the times: they knew,  what Israel ought to do. That knowledge gave them the advantage over their brethren-  1Chron. 12:32. To know the ways of God distinguishes leaders from the led. God made His ways known to Moses whereas He made His acts known to the Israelites-See Psalms. 103:7.

Victims wait for things to happen whereas victors cause things to happen. Be that change agent today.
• Do not Resist Change:
God’s greatest challenge with humanity is resistance to change. Understand that the unchanging God changes the times and seasons. The Bible says: “He takes away the first in order to establish the second”-Hebrew 10:9.

No bad condition is permanent. For “after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.” 1 Peter 5:10, BSB. Do not be allergic to change.  God is perfecting all that concerns us hence He says to MOVE FORWARD.

To move means among many things, is to change position, make progress, go in a specified direction. Forward means to make progress towards the front. Therefore, to MOVE FORWARD means to make progress forward.

To Move Forward involves changes in position, thoughts, Behavior and lifestyle.

1. Change your Position:

God’s Word says,’ As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God”-See Romans 8:14. To be ‘a son of God, you must be born again.-John 3:4-6. To be to be Born Again is as simple as ABC:

Acknowledge you are a sinner. All have sinned and only Jesus Christ saves and delivers Accept Jesus Christ for yourself. It does not  matter that you have christian names, belong to a powerful church or have christian parents. If you have not personally accepted Jesus Christ, you are just a Church-goer. You are not born again.

Believe in your heart that God raised Him (Jesus Christ) from the dead-you shall be saved-See Romans 10: 9.  For with the heart the individual believes unto righteousness.

Confess with you mouth that Jesus is Lord- for with the mouth confession is made unto salvation-See Romans.10:9.

If you are ready to be born again, say this Prayer of Salvation:

Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ in accordance with your Word that says ” whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved“-Acts 2:21. I ask Jesus Christ to come into my life and be my Lord and Savior. I believe in my heart  that Christ died for my sins and God raised Him  from the dead. I now receive eternal life into my Spirit and declare that I am saved. I am Born Again. I am now a child of God. The Greater one Jesus Christ is now indwelling me-1 John 4:4. From today, I walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus. Thank You O God for Saving me, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Congratulations. Welcome into the Royal Family of God for you are now a child of God. Christianity is ‘together-faith’ therefore connect with a Bible-Believing church-family in your community. Do not be ashamed to tell the Pastor that you are a New Believer in Christ.

Now that you have changed position, we can move forward together.  However, you have a responsibility to lead your close relatives to receive the knowledge of Christ that you now have so that you can all be on the same page, so they wont be pulling you in the opposite direction. Read the story of the Keeper of the Prison how he led his whole Household to Christ.

2. Change your Thoughts:

From the scriptures, we understand that  as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he-See Proverbs 23:7. Beloved, you are what you think. Evil thoughts produce evil actions.. According to scriptures, the thoughts of foolishness is sin- See Proverbs 24:9. Again it says, the thoughts of the  wicked is an abomination to God-Proverbs 15:26. If you are filled with  worldly thoughts, then you are killing   yourself slowly: “to be carnally minded is death”-Romans 8:6

How to change your thoughts:

Wash your heart from wickedness-Jeremiah. 4:14. You may not be able to stop evil thoughts from flooding your heart but you can stop yourself from meditating on them.  Evil thoughts defile a person- it allows foul spirits access  into your space. Your progress in life depends on your thinking pattern.

Arrest evil thoughts: Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity  every thought to the obedience of Christ-2Cor.10:5. –You may not be able to stop birds from flying over head but you can stop them from building nests in your hair. Just don’t allow negative thoughts space in your mind.

Think like God: If you are born again, you have the mind of Christ-See 1 Cor. 2:11-16. The spiritually minded individual subjects the imagination to the truth of the Word of God. Read and study your Bible regularly, “Let the Word of  Christ  dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in Psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord-See Col. 3:16.

To participate in the Move of God for the incoming season, you need to develop your mind to see things from a Divine perspective and also be able to discern all things. The Bible is God’s mind revealed. The more your read and apply the Truth to your daily reality, the more you will be display the excellent attributes of God. You will always move upward and forward. No stopping  you.

Read the Word, be the Word and live the Word. Everything in creation is subject to the Word that created them. And  by extension everything becomes subject to you.

3. Change you Behavior:

“let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.”-Heb. 12:1 . Every long distance runner knows not to carry baggage. Sin is a dead weight: it hinders progress. In order to make unprecedented advancement, mortify the deeds of the flesh.  Those pet-sins that you enjoy will be your undoing if you do not undo it them from your life. -See Colossians 3:2-5, 8-15 , for guidelines.

Behave what you Believe.

4. Change your lifestyle: 

Live your life for God. You were created for good-works -Eph. 2:10

Summary:

In order to move forward to your   next level, you need to work on your relationship with God, change your mindset and perspective of life and focus on doing the good, well- pleasing and perfect will of God.

Prayer Points:

Thank God for revelation knowledge. 2. Confess your sins  and resolve not    to   go back to them 3. Ask for the anointing of God’s Spirit that brings the grace of unprecedented progress, excellence, peace with prosperity and divine health.  4. speak cleansing over your mind and affirm you have the mind of Christ and negative thoughts have no place in you. 5. Affirm that you are anointed for progress- your course in life is upward and forward therefore the yoke of stagnancy is destroyed. And all the foul spirits assigned to work against you are evicted from your world. 6 Declare that daily the fruit of the spirit is growing in you and you are a blessing to your world. 7. Bless your family and prophesy over your life. 8. Thank God for perfecting all that concerns you, in Christ name.

Affirmation:

ABBA Father, thank you for increasing Knowledge in me. Daily, as your Word run free course in my life,  I am yielded to your superior will. The limitations and walls that attempt to stay in my path are without foundations. By the anointing of God’s Spirit, I’m marching forward: unstoppable and unshakable.  Everything in my life that resists or is allergic to change is destroyed: no weapon formed against me shall prosper. I affirm that my season of suffering has ended, I embrace my restoration to greater glory. I receive more financial security, physical strength, divine healing, divine health and establishment in every aspect of my life for the new season.
I declare all ‘satan’s’ maneuvers to frustrate my progress is hereby outmaneuvered by GOD’s grace, in Christ matchless name.

Shalom! from #thewatchman Hephzibah Christly

Blessings dear friends and readers. We have entered the holiday season that lost, lonely or bereaved people dread. It traumatizes them. If you have read  my personal testimony: “Holiday Trauma turned Testimony.” you will understand that at one point in my life, I too was lost, lonely and bereft of family or friends. So I do understand that this season can be quite challenging for you.

Permit me to share with you the faithfulness of God in my life as I travailed in prayer and lived by faith on God’s Word.

I could have stayed a victim and wallowed in self-pity; but instead, I chose to pray myself out of that condition. I held onto God in faith tenaciously like Jacob. I said to Him, “I will never let you go unless you bless me“.  Those years of hardship  edified me. It formed character in me.

We have been made overcomers in Christ Jesus.  So whatever your situation, condition or circumstances are, you are getting past it in Jesus Christ gracious name.

It is so easy to blame others for your life’s troubles. But until you accept responsibility for your life as in the way it is going,you will never make advancement in life.  Even though you may have been born disadvantaged, it is your wrong choices that kept you disadvantaged.

During this festive season, do not allow the feeling of inadequacy overwhelm you. Refuse to entertain depression. Instead, use this time out to take a very good look at your life. If you are really tired of  your present lifestyle take these steps:

Review your past. Confront your present. Plan for your future.

People perish from lack of vision (Proverbs 29:18). People are destroyed from lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) But through knowledge shall the just be delivered. (Proverbs 11:9).

A lack of vision and the lack of right knowledge will not allow you to escape from a destructive heritage or environment.

The onus is on you to provoke a change in you life.

Crying and pity-party will only make you sick.  Wipe your tears. Stop the pity-party. And review your life in the following manner:

• You must see your life for how it is –

Isolate the problem, identify the sin that caused the problem to linger – is it hereditary, medical, spiritual or environmental. Try to listen to God to learn the lesson in the afflictions. If it is hereditary, identify with the sin and repent for your bloodline. Whatever it is, own it and ask God to forgive and help you. Your righteousness is like filthy rags before God. Only the Christ sacrifice and your acceptance and appropriation of it will provoke a supernatural change in your life.

You are the solution of your problem.

• You must also see you for who you are –

Are you a ‘born again‘ child of God? (If you are not, then get ‘born again’, I will post the salvation prayer at the end of this writing)

If you are ‘born again‘, then examine yourself to see whether you are still practicing the faith.. Identify your character flaws and resolve to work on you.

Bad character alienates blessings. It will put off  your destiny helpers and block channels of blessings. You must take steps to reinvent or recreate You! Let the change you desire start from you. Review your mindset and how you see people and things.

I remember the days of my wilderness journey. I strongly desired a transformation of my personality. I wanted to reflect the personality of God. As I prayed, the Holy Spirit led me to  the Fruit of the Holy Spirit which “is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” Galatians 5:22,23).  I  wrote it out on cardboard and pasted it everywhere in our home. I memorised it .

I had  issues with anger. My temper had a very short leash.  And when I  am angry,  I verbally lash out.  And things can get very nasty if  the provocation continues. I was a very violent person. I start fights  at random. I was an accident happening anywhere. It was a demonic torment.

Whenever I get  angry, things get out of control very quickly. Superhuman strength would well up in me. And there would be a ringing in my ear. The object of my anger would become very small  in my sight. I would feel like Goliath the giant. All I could hear would be ‘kill him/her’ repeatedly.

No voice of reasoning can penetrate the ringing in my ears, for it effectively shuts all voices out except the voice prompting me to attack.  Only my elder sister Sarah could handle me. She would stay at a very safe distance while calmly and quietly calling my name. Only then would I awaken as if from a stupor.

Afterwards, I would feel shame at my behaviour and fear at what would have happened if my sister did not intervene. It made people avoid me. It avoided my relationship with people  at work, home and at play. Anyone who ever witnessed that outburst of anger avoided me like the plague.  It was a horrible phase of life for me. But things changed for me very much when I decided I must change me.

So, whenever issues arose that would trigger that irrational and demonic anger in me, I would audibly declare repeatedly: “I have self-control, I’m a good person, I refuse to be angry, God help me“. And peace from God would flood my soul. It was a great battle.

The testimony is that I overcame anger and I am now a better person for it.

And so can you overcome your personality flaws,  character deficits and whatever the devil is using to keep you in bondage.

But  you must do your part  in enforcing the victory of the Cross. Your deliverance is a done deal, but you have to appropriate it-  you must take possession God’s Word and apply to your reality. Your mouth is the edge of a weapon. Make it work for you. Keep saying God’s Word until your situation conform to what the Word says. Remember that God called out light from darkness. Call out how you want your situation to become.

• Most importantly, you must see who you are in Christ Jesus and how your life should be:

Joseph had a dream of greatness. He was despised, mocked, put into a pit, pulled out and sold into slavery. He was falsely accused, jailed and forgotten. But his vision spoke out. Even though it tarried, it became reality.

• You must also be confident that your expectations shall not be cut off (Proverbs 23:18)
• Strongly desire a change of the status quo.  For God grants the desires of our hearts. ( Psalm 37:4)

Pray, plan and prayerfully execute your plans.

If you have no plans, then you leave room for the devil to enforce his plans in your life. If you stand for nothing, then you will fall for everything.

Take a stand today. Say to yourself- Enough is Enough! I must advance! I have circled this problems enough already! Now give a shout of victory. Hallelujah!

Your life is a gift from God. He wills that you have life in all its fulness. If you are “born again”, everything you need to live a Godly life has been bequeathed to you. It is your responsibility to arise , pursue, overtake and recover all the enemy stole or stopped from you.

I will share briefly with you:

How I Pray, Fast, Plan and Prayerfully Execute Plans:

It is important to know that “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven ” (Ecclesiastes 3).

The sons of Issachar stood out among their brethren in that they “were men that had understanding of the times.”  They knew what what ought to be done.  (1 Chronicles 12: 32 ).

God works through a process.  You must not miss the time of your visitation like Michal who was King David’s most loved wife. She died childless because she was ignorant of the time of her visitation.

Instead of Michal to rejoice that she was experiencing of Restoration of the Ark of  covenant: she only saw the undignified manner in which David danced before God.  She did not realize that the Spirit of God came mightily upon David in that undignified dance. After David had completed the task at hand, he went home to bless his childless but most loved wife. But instead of linking up with the anointing of the Holy Spirit that was upon David at that time;  she mocked David and activated a divine curse upon her life. The anointing  would have destroyed the yoke of childless upon her life. But alas! she was ignorant of the time of her visitation.

You should therefore listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to you through the Times and seasons of  your life. God does often use situation and circumstances to draw our attention to Him and to what He is about to do.

I have had several experiences of seeing  God’s  move through happenings around. And also by the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit. I have  also come to understand the rhythm in how  how God deals with me.  And how the devil attempts to hijack my oncoming blessings.

You need to grow in intimacy with God for these things to be revealed to you. Without the Holy Spirit sensitizing you to the atmosphere around you, everything would just be commonplace to you.

It is God who reveals the deep and secret things. He know what is in the darkness and the Light dwells with Him (Daniel 2:22)

Over the years, I have come to understand that my time of visitation happens in the 1-3-5-7 year  seasons. Theologians say that the number 3 represent completion: while 5  symbolizes grace and  7 perfection. I know that if I miss a goal in the first year, in another 3 years, the opportunity would come again in a different manner. And  I revaluate my strategies make the necessary adjustments and then pray it forward. reevalute

At the end of every year, I always embark on a 40 days fasting and prayer time from December 1- January 9 the following year.

I have had a good life. My life is now so different from when I was in the valley of despair while living at “Easylife Public Toilet”.

In my 19th year of full time missionary work, God gave m I was burnt out. I needed a change. But I did not know how to go about it.  So I prayed generally. But as the year 2013 was coming to a close, I felt a stirring in my spirit to launch out into the deep.

As is my custom, from December Ist to January 9,  I always go on a 40 day fasting and praying time. And I received word in my Spirit that the prayer theme should be ”  My Story must Change to Glory”

God’s Word  came to me saying ” I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness” says:Mourning Turned to Joy

…2Thus says the LORD, “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness– Israel, when it went to find its rest.” 3The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlastinglove; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.4“Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers.…jeremiah 31

New American Standard Bible

I am preparing to go back to the missions field. I had worked 20 years without holiday on the front lines. In 2014 God gave me the grace to take an extended holiday which is ending soon. I know so because I have received prompting in my Spirit to get ready to go back to the field.

During the holiday I was able to function online, expanding our ministries to reach more souls. And this page is one of such ministries. And to God’s glory, our ministries function purely on God’s grace without solicitations.

We do not solicit for funding. Whatever we need in order to push the ministries to another level, we pray and Ask ABBA. He gave the vision and thus gives the provision through whoever HE pleases. And HE has never failed us. He meets our needs miraculously.

He has given me Consistent Partners who have been very supportive with their finances. And thus I’ve been supplied what is needed to do the work of ministry. Especially staying online and sending support to the ones in residential therapy back at the mission field.

It has been an awesome journey living by faith on the Word of God. I have had my moments of wondering where the next meal would come from. But over years I have seen God’s unfailing goodness.

My major partners have been my kids, siblings and good friends I met online. God richly reward their labor of love. I have no personal needs as one of my kids and spouse settle my housing bills. So that makes it much easier for me to focus on other missionary ventures.

I am thankful for the multiplier effect upon my finances that makes a little go a very long way. And which enables me to extend the hand of fellowship to my various wards.
Some of the souls we won in the mission field are in the universities getting an education. They are from poor backgrounds and would have lived a life of crime but for God’s intervention through us in our mission field.

The mission field at the rural community is still functioning. But sad to say, the associate pastor recently quit and moved on to greener pastures. But am glad that we touched lives there and they are still abiding in the vine.

Pray with me as I pray with you also. I am in a season of fasting and prayers, groaning in the Spirit to birth New Beginnings as we move into 2018.
I look forward to going back to the Frontline. But before then, I am holidaying with family.

Please Keep me and my ministry partners in prayers. As we embark on a new missionary project, we ask for direction, provision and more consistent ministry partners who will run with the vision.
Knowing you through this platform has been God’s doing. You too are a beneficiary of God’s grace through our ministries. We ask that you keep the fire burning. Pass on the touch.

Please reach out to others less fortunate than you. Start with what you have and where you are. The more faithful you are in doing good, the more God will increase your capital base so that you can do more. As scripture says, the “liberal soul shall be made fat”. It’s not Christian hype. It is the reality of who God is. I am a living witness.

Read how it was for me years ago on our blog @spiritualwarrior2016.wordpress.com titled “Holiday Trauma Turned Testimony and compare with this testimony. God is faithful. He will not allow your children beg for food nor will He give the enemy opportunity to rejoice over you.
As this page is blessing you, bless others. Share our posts and links from our blogs with others. Comment on posts, share your thoughts and testimonies. Do the work of an evangelist. Stay focused on God. Your change is come.
You can join me in prayer and fasting to herald a new beginning. You can also send me your prayer request. I promise to stand with you in prayer. And to give you Godly counsel when you ask for it. Many will testify that they have experienced tremendous outcomes through my inbox and WhatsApp counseling platforms.

Ministry is my life. Prayer and Preaching the Good News is my business. Shalom!
God bless you.
From Hephzibah Christly

Session 1:Text: Pr. 15:18: #prayerFocus: Ridded of violence and aggression

Violence is behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Aggression is feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront. (source-Google search)

Bible talks about Jesus Christ having a meek and gentle spirit. The goal of the Christian life is to develop Christ likeness in worship, character and service.

We become Christ like through the in working of the Holy Spirit as we listen and follow His prompting. As well as through personal efforts.

Our world today is filled with stressors. And most stress coping skills are overstretched already.

Stress, parenting deficits, heredity, environmental forces and demonic influences cause people to go overboard in their reactions.

Aggression is learned behavior.

To a large extent, aggressiveness is determined by the extent to which environment reinforces aggression, provide aggressive models, frustrate or victimizes, thus instigating aggression.

For when you train up a child in the way he /she should go, when he grows up, he will not depart from it-See Pr. 22:6.

Abusive discipline will produce criminals, rebels, addicts etc., because it is provocation against their sensibilities – See Pr. 14 :11, Is. 14:20, Lam. 5:9.

Parental Role

Parents are admonished not to provoke their children to anger – See Col. 3:21.

The reason is that it will give access to demonic intruders such as grief, anger, bitterness, resentment etc.

Parents are to be the positive influencer who teaches their children Bible doctrines to give them the framework for their own personal life.

It’s rather sad that many of us failed in laying Godly foundations for our children and were abusive in our discipline.

However, all hope is not lost for parents whose children have become aggressive and violent adults.

Christ brings us out of trouble

Christ is the Redeemer of rebels, addicts, abusers and all who are demonized or oppressed of the devil.

In Christ, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace-See Eph. 1:7.

The Greek word apolutrosis translated redemption in Eph. 1:7, is used also as a synonym to the word “riddance.”in Col 1:14.

The Greek word apolutrosis, means “to be brought out of trouble.”

Christ the Redeemer, who is our redemption, is also our deliverance and deliverer. He rescues /plucks us out of trouble.

Dearly beloved, it really does not matter whether through aversive stimulus, environmental influences, wrong choices or Demonization, you have become aggressive, violent, an addict, a criminal etc.

No matter how deep the trouble you are in. Christ will bring you out of trouble – See Pr. 12:13.

Christ is your riddance. He delivers, rescues, and perfects all that Concerns Humanity. He has accomplished all of these for Humanity by His death on the Cross.

Your part now is to call upon Him.

God’s Word says, “call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” – See Ps. 50:15

Today, scripture shall be fulfilled in your life. You will sing a new song saying :

“He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings. And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God” – See Ps. 40:2-3 AMPC.

Draw strength, and encouragement from God’s Word. Confidently, let us confront the forces of evil and stop all their interferences in the lives of our loved ones and community.

Warfare Prayer

Repentance :a. Identify the sinful trends in your family. b. Confess it as sin c. Break the power of those sinful habits/trends by affirming the Finished work of the Cross.

Identify the Demons influencing negatives. They are easily identifiable by presenting problems, character and evil family trends. Command them to leave your bloodline. Below are a list that should be helpful –

Related evil spirits/manifestations: Intensity, severity, strength, force, great force, vehemence, power, powerfulness, potency, ferocity, forcefulness, wildness, frenziedness, fury, storminess, tempestuousness, turbulence; lack of control, lack of restraint, passionateness; : brutality, brute force, roughness, ferocity, fierceness, savagery, cruelty, sadism, barbarity, barbarousness, brutishness, murderousness, bloodthirstiness, ruthlessness, inhumanity, heartlessness, pitilessness, mercilessness; strong-arm tactics; hostility, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity, antagonism, truculence;
pugnacity, pugnaciousness, combativeness, militancy, force, warmongering,warlikeness, hawkishness, violence; attack, assault, encroachment, offence, invasion, infringement, armed robbery, domestic violence, pedophilia, rape, kidnapping etc.

Command all the above and all other related evils to leave your bloodline and community and surrender at the feet of Jesus Christ.

Let us pray

ABBA Father, we are grateful for the excellent life we have in Christ Jesus.
Today, in unity of faith, we affirm that the power base of evil in our community is destroyed; the strongman of violence is brought under Divine subjection and captivity and rendered impotent to act in families, and communities.

Peace is released to our world, in this season, the activity of bacchus is restrained, drunk driving and all other evil that results from drug doing is hereby terminated.

Death toll will not rise this season.

The sun of righteousness will shine upon our lands. Order is restored to our lives, homes and communities. And so shall it be, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. From #theWatchman
Hephzibah Christly

Session 1: Text Pr. 14:11:#prayerFocus-Accelerate my Progress.

Greetings people of God. Welcome to another day of Spirit led prayers. We are thankful that the Holy Spirit has been leading us in our Prayer topics.

Today, we are going to ask God to do what has to be done in us, to get us away from where we are to where He wants us to be.

To accelerate is to increase how fast something happens.

Some many of you have been stagnant, unprogressive, depressed, and going round in circles. Today, that circle of affliction is broken and you shall accelerate to your next level, in Christ precious name.

When the anointing for acceleration came upon Elijah after watching and praying for rain, He out ran a horse-See 1Kgs.18:46.

Today, we affirm that the anointing of God’s Spirit at work in us propels us into achieving excellence in our ministries, economic pursuits, parenting responsibilities, and in all other facets of our lives.

Lift your voices and pray. Have you attained your goals in life? Then pray! Talk to God about it. Present your strong argument. Remind God of what His Word says in the Bible.

When the children of Israel were going round in circles, God called a stop to it and told them to make progress.

You cannot continue to accept the status quo. There are better days ahead. For even when there is a pulling down in the world God’s Word says we shall declare there is a lifting up .

The world need to see you make advancements. We are the hope of the world. Let your life be the epistle people will read and seek God.

Therefore, as this season is closing in, get yourself together. Enough of the pity – party. The demons are subject to you. Get them out of the way and keep going.

People are looking up to you. Are you ready to pray and watch.? Get doing.

Faith involves action. Do what you need to do and keep praying as you are doing it. That is what spiritual warfare is all about – persistence, perseverance. Importunity and exercising authority.

Affirm that because of the the anointing for acceleration, every yoke retarding, hindering, blocking or standing against your progress is destroyed now! Glory. HALLELUJAH!

Declare you are making unprecedented progress in your career, (add your personal issues) etc.

How to connect to the anointing for acceleration :

1. Have absolute faith in God. Do not be carried by any wind of doctrine

2. Be confident of who you are in Christ. Hold unto what Christ accomplished for you.

3. Be bold to approach the Throne of God and ask Him shamelessly and be brave to Confront the forces of evil to uproot them

4. Persevere at the place of prayer. Elijah watched and prayed until he saw a sign. Know that when you give up, you can’t go up.

5. Shun sin. Do not be unequally yoked with non-believers – Elijah refused to associate with the prophets of Baal. He knew the God he serves and did exploits in His name.

6. Develop an attitude of praise

7. Be sensitive to the move of the Holy Spirit – be watchful.

8. Be specific in your prayer requests

9. Be expectant.

10. Have a right mental attitude. Your attitude determines your altitude.

Shalom from #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly

session 1, Text: Ps. 118:25: #prayerFocus: Send Now Prosperity

Importunity and persistence in prayer involves being shameless in asking God for your needs. As a believer, we know that Christ took our poverty that we might be rich in Him. However, many children of God are homeless, jobless, poor, and sick. A vast majority are in a state of ‘borderline-poverty’.

It is God’s will for us to prosper in all things and be in health, even as our souls prosper. Why then are so many wallowing in poverty?

Some of the reasons why people remain poor are as follows:

1. Ignorance 2. Stinginess 3. Ancestral/curse of poverty 4. Laziness 5. Planlessness

Ignorance and Lack of vision: Ignorance causes suffering, while people perish without vision. However, through knowledge the just shall be delivered-See Hos. 4:6; Pr. 11:9; 29:18. I heard a preacher say Pentecostals use one percent of their brain while Orthodox Christians use just 5 percent of theirs.

This is not meant to insult or judge but to help you understand the need to ‘watch and pray’ so you wont enter into temptations. The Human Being is unique among all created things. God gave us faculties in our spirit, soul and body with which to function adequately in this world. Added to which, Christ has been made wisdom unto us.

However, it is so alarming that most ‘Christians’ do not use their reasoning faculties! Instead, they wait on God to come clean their butts. God wont do for you what you can do for yourself. How would you feel if your 8 year old still wait on you to spoon-feed him or her? We really do need to grow up, search the scriptures and apply the principles therein to confront our daily reality.

There is a God part and your part. God’s part is Done-Finished on the Cross by Christ. Your part is to appropriate what is done for you. And the Holy Spirit will help our infirmities as we strive towards perfection. God did not leave us helpless. We have the Holy Spirit as helper, comforter, advocate, standby, teacher etc. He lives within us.

Our prayer theme is a cry for perfection. We are asking God to show us areas in our lives that we still need to work on. And to God’s glory, everyday, He points us in the right direction. As we pray, we watch- we make amends and improve on our characters, relationships and evict the evil spirits influencing or enforcing evil in our circumstances and condition. By this, we walk in perpetual victory. Hallelujah.

What is your vision for the nest season? If you have no vision or clarity of purpose, ask God to show you what He wants you to do. When we acknowledge God in all our ways, He directs our path-See Pr. 3:6. And whatever He tells you to do, be ready to do it.

Testimony: I remember we once had a prayer meeting with this same Tittle-Send Now Prosperity, for aspiring entrepreneurs who needed upstart capital and direction. At the end of the 7 day-prayer meeting, only 2 women were still clueless. During private counseling, it came out that they actually received revelation pointing them to the type of business to do. But they felt it was beneath them as both were widows of ex-military officers.

One saw herself selling cornstarch extracts (pap), and the other saw herself selling bagged water (ice water in the local language). In all sincerity, these two businesses are what poor illiterate women do. So we understood their dilemma. However, we told them to go pray for three more days and let us know what the Holy Spirit says to them. They both still had the same dream.

In trying to understand what the Holy Spirit was saying, we asked questions and it came out that the lady with the dream of making ‘cornstarch’ loves making it as a hobby with different flavors. While the other lady had a nylon sealing machine she intended to use commercially, but she had no capital for the local materials.

Dear friends, do not despise the days of little beginnings. As a faith and love based missionary who does not solicit or give handouts: our economic empowerment programs are usually spirit-led and with low capital base. We depend on God to touch hearts of those he wants to bless through their partnership involvement with us. And little becomes a great company with His blessings. We teach people to work the word because the word works.

We prayerfully plan, and execute our plans according to Divine directives. What we have we need, what we do not have, we can do without. We impart these principles and and encourage people to live within their present provisions. We discourage indebtedness. one of our slogan is ‘don’t, beg, borrow or steal. Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and He will direct your path.

In addition, both ladies were advised to ask for clarity and to do as they were shown. The first lady started making flavored-cornstarch, which is far better than custard. Her clientele grew, people started placing special orders. Her break came when her niece asked her to host some Europeans who wanted to holiday in an African home setting. They loved the flavored ‘pap’ and became business partners. She exports her products. Her market expanded.

She did not need to beg, borrow or steal, to start an income -yielding venture that increased her her grace to give. We are blessed to be a blessing. An African proverb says a river that forgets its source runs dry. The Source of all blessings is God. Her support for God’s work increased and she invested more in the lives of others in order to point them to Christ her Source and Resource.

The second lady started bagging water, sealing it with her nylon-sealing machine. She became the pioneer of pure water in Nigeria. Big things start small. Your change is come. God will help you to identify the prosperity He has sent you, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

However, if you are not born again, you need to invite Jesus Christ into your life to save you from God’s wrath to come, and from your present challenges. To do that is as simple as ABC.

Admit you are a sinner and need help

Believe Jesus Christ died as payment for your sin and God raised Him from the dead for your salvation and restoration.

Confess Jesus Christ is Lord in accordance with Romans 10:8-11.

You can now join us to pray :

Prayer Points/Action

1. Thank God for His Word that had brought light to your life.
2. In accordance with 1Jn. 1:9 name the sins you remember ,ask God to forgive you and believe He has forgiven.
3. Invite the Holy Spirit to fill you afresh with power and anointing to pray the mind of God.
4. Today dearly Beloved, there is a miracle in your house. Ask God to show you what He has deposited in you that He wants to channel your prosperity through. God has promised to bless the works of our hands.
5. The borrower is subject to the lender. Christ has delivered us from every bondage. Why put yourself into economic slavery? Ask God’s forgiveness for all the ways you have enslaved yourself through indebtedness.
6. Prepare a list of all who you are owing and the amount owed. Everyday, present it to God and ask Him to intervene and help you get out of the quagmire of debts.
7. Resolve to stop credit buying and get a debit card instead. Bible says we are not of this world. The world’s system encourages indebtedness and many Christians have become victims and open themselves to be demonized by foul spirits enforcing the curse of poverty.
8. Ask God to help you become more prudent in your spending, and to shun unplanned buying.
9. Pray concerning your mortgage payments , utility bills and all other overhead running costs for your home. Ask God for wisdom in maximizing your Resources and to send you prosperity to clear up your debts.
10. Pray concerning your workplace. speak peace, favor, progress, stability and promotion. Ask God to come into your work community because your are there as His representative. Let Him come visit and envelope the place and lives with His presence.
11. Commit your finances into God’s hands and thank Him for speedy answers to prayers. Shalom! from #theWatchman Hephzibah Christly.