Day 38: Prayer Focus: Upgrade of Relevance to God.

• Scripture Base: 1John 2:15

“Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15 AMP)

• Introduction:

Greetings dear Praying-Partners. We must redeem the time for the days that we are in are evil. 

Many folks, even Christian leaders, lost their relevance in this endtime, because they feared like the world fears, and did as the world does. 

The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God. And anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and He also rewards those who diligently seek Him. (Read Hebrews 11:6)

I read somewhere that the acronym F.E.A.R means False Evidence Appears Real. Whereas Faith is the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1).

During the pandemic many of us lost sight of our responsibilities as Christians to ‘ heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead…(Read Matthew 10:8), and instead, allowed fear to dominate and paralyze us.

 Folks allowed the fear of a tiny virus to override their faith in the Omnipotent and Omniscient God. And taught others their fears. 

Christianity is a lifestyle. Our life is the Epistle people are reading as their Bible. And it is also the signboard pointing people to Christ.

Hence the opposers of Christ  enlisted the help of now irrelevant Church leaders,  to join their fear campaign to frustrate the faith of people.

Our opening Scripture verse warns against identifying with things or people who oppose God and His precepts. 

And our opening picture-post taken from Ezekiel 16:49-50, says that Sodom and the outlying cities had  arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but did not help the poor and needy. Instead, they became haughty and committed repulsive acts before God which made God take them out.

People lose their relevance when they allow the cares of this world to override their Calling.

God takes out those who are no longer relevant in fulfilling His purposes.

The pursuit of political power, ungodly ambitions,  keeping up with the Joneses, etc. have become the fall of many erstwhile great leaders in Christendom. 

Many turned their pulpits to satanic propaganda pits where they kept furthering the devil’s mission to steal, kill and destroy human lives. They completely forgot about who they are in Christ, and became ambassadors for the plague, a mouthpiece of big pharma and stooges of governments. 

They lead many to erroneously try to save their lives and lose it in the process. Thereby fulfilling the scripture that says folks who try to save their lives will lose it.(Read Matthew 16:25,Luke 17:33) 

When you understand that as a Christian, your life is hidden in Christ and Christ in God, you will fearlessly focus on becoming Christlike in worship, character and service. 

And you will not be looking to be recognized, approved or monetized by govts, politicians and satan’s human agents. ( Read James 4:4)

Your Relevance to the World is in your Relevance to God:

This new season, you must seek an upgrade in your relevance in what God is doing in our World. 

If you were just a nominal Christian before, you must now become a Gospel Activist, an Influencer and a voice in your community!  You must stand up for what you believe and shout it on from the rooftops.  The saving of lives depends upon you! Souls are perishing because we are allowing  the forces of evil to set  the agenda for our world!

I thank God for a great servant of God who opened our eyes to the Truth that the world does not set the agenda for the Church nor should it determine our relevance  to the world.

We must illuminate our world as lights and add value to lives, as salt. And our food should be to  do the will of God. 

Although “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:18). 

We must participate fully in publishing the message of the Cross (the Gospel) for it will bring salvation to many more than the unending shots with its numerous problems. 

What shall an individual give in exchange for his soul or of what benefit is it to gain the whole world and lose your soul? (Read Mark 8:36-38)

From henceforth,  let us be those who worship God in Spirit and in Truth (John 4:23) Let your life praise God and point people to Christ (Ephesians 1:12)

Finally let me drop this friendly reminder here: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death”  (Read Revelation 12:11)

 I pray that you never lose your relevance in the Kingdom of God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

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• #prayerPoints4Today:

1. Pray in tongues if you have the gift and if not, just worship God in songs of praises and adoration.

2. Thank God for how far He has brought you in your faith-walk with Him. (For it is not he that wills or he that runs, it is God who shows mercy)

3. Affirm that you are a participant in expanding the Kingdom of God and are uncompromising in faith. And that having a servant heart and not a selfish heart, you walk in humility, and are not arrogant or prideful.

4. Declare that your liberty will strengthen rather than cause others to stumble, for your life glorifies God.

5. Proclaim that the activities of the and the spirit of commerce is neutralized, and the people of God are set free to pursue Spiritual perfection in relationship with Christ Jesus. 

6. We stand against ungodly ambitions and declare that fulfilling the mandates of Christ overrides ungodliness in our world. 

7. We proclaim a ‘back to God’ time in our world and people will be filled with the hunger and thirst of God,  in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

8. Thank God that we shall be rewarded and commended for our faithful and glorious services to humanity.

9. Conclusions: Pray in tongues  some more, if you have the gift: for the Bible says  “The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will” (Romans 8:26-27, NLT) Let the Holy Spirit take over your Prayers and harmonize it with God’s plan.

1. Lay hands on your head and Prophesy over your life. Speak into existence your heart’s desires.   

2. Thank God for His Miraculous Interventions in every aspect and facet of your life.

3.  kindly Pray for us also for all our Internet Missionary Initiatives, birthed by the “Spiritual Warfare and Tactics Squad-SWATS”  that we become more relevant  in touching lives for Christ and to continue to fearlessly propagate the Gospel to everyone everywhere.

•  Pray also for the SWATS Team and their families.  Let them display the glory of God and have sufficiency in all good things.
• Pray for more effective doors for ministry to open for us as we cross physical boundaries without restraints and all adversaries should be neutralized  
• Kindly pray that my children -“Dee Dee, Debby, Michael, Bebeth, Raphael, Seyi, Segun, Favor; their spouses and my grandchildren” 

(a) manifest divine health, greatness, wisdom of God,  and  excellence in all aspects and facets of life. (b) grace and favor keeps working for them © All who see my children and descendants  will acknowledge that they are the seed which the Lord blesses. (Isaiah 61:9)

Shalom! Shalom! from Hephzibah Christly #theSpiritualWarrior .

• Important information:

God only responds to the Prayers of His Children. Here is a Prayer of Salvation if you desire to be a child of God.

• PRAYER OF SALVATION

“O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!”

Congratulations! You are now a child of God. Go right ahead and pray with us.

• To receive more information on how you can grow as a Christian, please get in touch with me (Hephzibah Christly) privately,  @ Spiritual Warfare and Tactics Squad-SWATS (Facebook, MEWE, Telegram)

or visit:

Any Christ Embassy Church (Believers Love World) in your community or through any of our online Outreaches.

Blessings be on you all in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. Shalom from Hephzibah Christly – TheSpiritualWarrior