If your source of information is only the secular media, I can’t even imagine how troubled you would be because of the evil but real reports of terrorism, plane crashes, etc.
We are living in a world where to some people, violence is the solution for their troubles.
The reality of our world today is that violent responses have become a part of life.
But does that mean we should live in fear, and be suspicious of strangers? Absolutely not.
For you the born again child of God, always remember that God has not given you the spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and of a sound mind (See 2 Timothy 1:7).
Therefore, like the Psalmist who declared:
“But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, That have set themselves against me round about.” (Psalm 4:3,6 KJV) , never allow fear of the unknown to trouble you.
This is the time to be steadfast in faith with the knowledge that God is able to protect you, no matter what the enemy is planning or has planned.
#MyPrayer4you:
I pray for the families that lost loved ones in New Orleans, USA, and the plane crashes in South Korea, and Kazakhstan, that God will comfort, and draw them to Himself.
I pray for you that your faith will grow so much so, that fears will no longer torment you, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
These past 34 days have been great lessons for us, and we are so thankful for the lessons in them all.
Let’s Read Psalm 4 for tomorrow, and share the insights we receive from the verses, as comments on my contents, and also on your profile pages.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 3rd, 2025
Don’t be that person who exhibits false humility just for the approval of others, while hiding a heart that is full of pride. (See Colossians 2:23).
Let us be real. For as Christians, we serve a real God who says in His Word:
“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.( Psalm 2:8 KJV)
The newer translations have the Word “heathen” as ‘Nations’
Can you even comprehend that God desires for us His children to intercede for the nations by identifying with them?
Our asking this year should be of Big Things, beyond our wildest imagination.
The earth and everything in it belongs to God and we who are Christian’s are heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ (See Psalm 24, John 1:12, Romans 8:17)
This year is not the time to selfishly focus on personal needs. Rather, we should identify with those in nations where Christianity is outlawed, and intercede for them.
We should ask God to give us those nations for our inheritance so that His Kingdom in us will come to them (Luke 17:21, 24: 46-47).
Just adopt one nation this year, and keep on interceding for them.
Let Us Pray:
Father God, thank you for Your goodness which led us to repentance.
We ask also, that your goodness will lead to repentance, the peoples of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and all the other nations where Christianity is not freely practiced.
As your Oracle, I come against all the evil spirits influencing war, rape, enslavement of women, anti Christianity, pedophilia, child marriages, satanism, occultism, false religion, caste system, religion, witchcraft, idolatry, divination, sorcery. poverty, and their relatives, and reassign them all to the feet of Jesus Christ.
For this cause the Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil, therefore, all rebelliousness, evil heartedness, disobedience and sinful inclinations are to self-destruct at once.
We release a deep hunger and thirst for the Only True God and His Word, to saturate the lands, just as water covers the seas.
We proclaim liberty of worship for the peoples.
And in unity of faith, we command to disintegrate all evil laws and decree that hindered the people from freely worshipping the Only True and Living God.
We ask Father God that the evil administrations be ? removed, and replaced with those who will rule in righteousness.
Thank you for filling our hearts with joy and our mouths with laughter, in this new year: For we rest in the knowledge that You, our Father, will cause all things to work together for our good, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Our 40 days of fasting, prayers, and specified Bible reading ends on January 9th.
Tomorrow, reading and meditation will be from Psalm 3.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, January 2nd 2025.
We know that the blessings of God make us rich without sorrows.
Today, which marks the first day, first week, first month and first Wednesday of this new year.
And according to our opening Scripture from Psalm 1:1;
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2 KJV).
How to Abound in Blessings this new year:
1). Listen to Godly counsel.
2). Refuse to listen to or be influenced by ungodly counsel.
3). Take a stand for God, and refuse to align with those whose lives are governed by the works of the flesh (See Galatians 5:19-21 for a list)
4). Don’t support those who mock God and Godliness, such as Christian comedians who mock God and Christian virtues.
5) Delight yourself in reading the Bible and Meditating on the Words you read.
This year must be different from the past years.
You must say no to gallopy blessings- your life is not hooked to a heart monitoring machine that keeps going up and down.
You are well and alive and a RoyalPriest of God.
Your course in life must be upward and forward, and you must become stronger and stronger.
For it is written that;
“The righteous also shall hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.” ( Job 17:9 KJV)
See Proverbs 4:18 also.
In order to stay on the right course for your life, you must
work on your relationship with God.
What better way to do so, than to read your Bible daily. So that you can familiarize yourself with Who God is, His ways, His works and His mind.
All these are revealed in the pages of the Bible.
Subscribe to a Daily Bible Reading Plan.
I read different translations of the Bible every year. It has been a great developer of my Spiritual life.
You can do it! Be intentional and be disciplined.
Let us Pray :
Father God, thank you for bringing us safely into this new year.
In the remaining eight days of these spiritual exercises, I ask that you touch the lives of all those who joined us. Overwhelm them with your blessings without sorrows.
We ask to experience your awesome greatness in manifold ways.
We ask also, that you will use us to display your excellence and perfection to the world, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Proceed to Psalm 2, meditate on the Word and share your thoughts on your profile page or groups.
Be a blessing!
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior , January 1st 2025.
You may have come a long way, but eternity which is longer, is still way ahead.
So, this year is the time to be effective in displaying the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9), as you look forward to eternal life with Christ Jesus.
As you begin this journey into this new season, be rest assured and know that,
“All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 KJV.
Therefore, grow in the love of God, and work at your calling.
So that, you will fulfill God’s purpose for your life effortlessly, with the cooperation of everything in creation.
Refuse to be distracted by the rumors, political gymnastics, religious bigotry, and socio-economic drama.
Because, if you observe those lying vanities, you will forsake your own mercy. (See Jonah 2:8), and share in the iniquities of others.(1 Timothy 5:22)
Instead, focus on the AWESOMENESS of God who forms light, creates darkness, makes peace, creates evil, and never lies.
If He said it, He will do it.
He is God alone, and He created this vast universe, all by Himself. (See Isaiah 45:7, Numbers 23:19, Nehemiah 9:6)
I encourage you this year to commence a journey of knowing God more, and start a daily Bible Exercise to help build up your Spiritual muscles.
Set a goal to go through Genesis to Revelation within six (6) months. You need to push yourself and leave your comfort zone.
I pray that from this year on, you will experience God’s awesomeness in new ways, and become that person that people will see, and their eyes will have respect for God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Have an excellent great year displaying the AWESOMENESS of GOD.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, January 1st, 2025.
When you accepted Jesus Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you stopped being a commoner. You became what Apostle Peter refers to as.
“a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood,
an holy nation,
a peculiar people” (1 Peter 2:9)
Things changed for you.
The paradigm shifted for you.
All the ancestral yokes of mediocrity, lack of socio-economic status, ignominy, rejection, etc, which held you bound and diminished you in life, dropped off you!
You became Royalty and a Priest of the Most High God!
Never allow anyone tell you that you are a nonentity! You are somebody!
You are Somebody, and “Accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:6)
Hit your chest and say,
“I am somebody!”
You were recreated in Christ Jesus for His purposes! You have a purposeful life ahead of you!
Hallelujah!
In Revelation 1:6, we are informed also that He “has made us Kings and Priests to His God and Father” NKJV)
There is no question or controversy about it. You are a purpose-full Royalty.
The remaining verses of 1 Peter 2:9 says,
“That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”:(1 Peter 2:9 KJV)
The Amplified Classic explains it better :
“that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light: [Exod. 19:5, 6.]”
One of the major reasons why God left you here on earth, after you became born again is so that you will “set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light”
God desires that you be like Christ in your world, hence our meditation from God’s Word today says,
“It is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes strong drink “ Proverbs 31:4 KJV.
WHY? (Proverbs 31:5)
“Lest they drink and forget the law, And perverse judgment of any of the afflicted” Proverbs 31:5.
How should you Behave?
“Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”. (1 Peter 5:8 KJV).
Sobriety is one of the distinctive qualities of the Royal Priesthood.
If you desire to fulfill your purposes in life, stay sober.
If you want to waste away your life, apply Proverbs 31:6-7
Conclusion:
As we go into this new season today, make that commitment to God and to yourself that you will always carry yourself as a Royal Priest.
Be that Christian folk, who distinctively displays the virtues, and perfections of God: who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
You are the light of the world. You must shine so that people will see the AWESOMENESS of God in you!
#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:
I stand with you against all the forces of evil that worked against you in 2024.
I declare that they shall not accompany you into 2025.
In unity of faith, with the Prayer Partners, we shut the doors and gates of 2024 against illnesses, diseases, rejection, failures, alcoholism, indebtedness, depression, poverty, hardship, and everything else that stood against you.
And I command all the evil spirits influencing uglies, negatives, and evils against you and yours to go to the feet of Jesus Christ now.
I declare that 2025 is the year of the Lord, for satan, sin, and suffering shall no longer dominate you. There is the shout of a king in you.
You shall be glad and rejoice .
Doors of opportunities are opened to you.
There is a lifting up for you. Your businesses and careers shall flourish.
Whatever stands against you shall surrender to you.
No evil shall prosper against you.
Your faith in God will grow in leaps and your life will count for more.
I bless you from within my Spirit, and I declare that it is well with you and yours, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Happy New year!
Welcome to 2025, the year that you will experience and display the AWESOMENESS of God.
Note:
We have Nine more days to complete our 40 days of Prayers, fasting-off entertainment, and off food for some hours, personal Bible Reading and meditations from the Chapters we read.
For the remaining 9 days, we shall Read and meditate from Psalms chapters One (1) to Nine (9). Enjoy!
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 31st, 2024
There are so many hate-filled words that you were told as a child that still hurts today, anytime they pop up in your mind.
Not only do evil words from childhood hurt, even uncomplimentary words from your spouse, friends, bosses, etc, hurt as well.
Additionally, some people are tormented by images of past trauma which just pops up randomly in their mind’s eye.
There is no way you want to continue to allow those words or images to have freedom in your head or mind, and thereby determine the way your life goes.
This has got to stop here and now!.
To stop that torment, you must replace or counter those words or images with the Word of God.
For as Proverbs 30:5 tells us,
“Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him” (Proverbs 30:5 KJV)
The Amplified says,
“Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. [Ps. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9-11.]” (Proverbs 30:5 AMPC)
It is absolutely necessary that you replace those evil words or images with God’s Word that has been tried and purified, and which effectively shields the Believers from evils.
Perhaps you are wondering how the Word of God can delete images and words from your head, mind or heart.
Wonder-no more!
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”(Hebrews 4:12-13)
Have you not noticed that whenever those intrusive thoughts or images plague you, anxieties, fears and other nasties increase?
This is because spoken words are powerful. They carry life and death.
The more you keep remembering those evil words, or allow them to intrude in your real time, the more they are empowered to operate in your life.
This is so because they are already entrenched in your thought processes- they are in the framework of your thinking.
And the Bible clearly states that your thoughts determine the course of your life. Your thoughts are your mind in motion. And your mind is a faculty of your Soul, and your Soul is the seat of your personality. (See Proverbs 4:23-27, 23:7, Philippians 4:7)
#Deliverance from Intrusive thoughts & Images:
1). If you continue to allow those evil words spoken against you to intrude and destabilize you, you become a victim instead of the victor you are, in Christ Jesus.
2). But if you feed your mind with the Word of God through daily personal Bible Reading, God’s Word will become resident in your Soul: It will be deeply entrenched in your consciousness, semi consciousness, and deep consciousness.
Thereby becoming the framework of your thinking.
That is the reason you are to “Let the Word of Christ richly dwell within you…”(Colossians 3:16 Berean Study Bible).
3). Forgive everyone who hurt you physically, emotionally, psychologically, etc. Set them free from your heart. Call out their names, say how they hurt you, and declare “I forgive you”
4) Command all those evil words to fall to the ground and die, and become dust under your feet.
5). If you get all emotional, don’t hold back! Cry! It is normal. Their hold over your mind and thinking is broken!
You are free in Jesus name!
This is not something any deliverance minister can do for you. This is the “Good fight of faith” that you must fight alone, and with God’s shield of faith!
Stand strong in faith! Read 1 John 5:4 and declare:
“I am born of God and victorious over the world. From today, I stop being a victim of people’s evil words or bad imaginations, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ “
You must be determined not to go into a new season with old problems.
It is your personal responsibility to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
It is time to progress from “child of God” (COG) to
”son of God” (SOG) Or, to
“Man of God” (MOG)
#spiritualWarfarePrayers
Today, I stand with you against all intrusive thoughts and images, and command all the evil spirits taking advantage of your unforgiveness, to leave at once.
I speak to your Soul to be healed of all hidden hurts, repressed memories and whatever else was causing fears and anxieties.
Receive peace from God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Tomorrow is Proverbs 31. The countdown to the end of our 40 days spiritual exercises begin.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 30th 2024.
Foresight is the ability to imagine or anticipate the future and to plan accordingly.
The Bible in Proverbs 29:18, says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (Proverbs 29:18 KJV)
The New King James Version translated “Vision” from Greek “Chazon”, as “Revelation”.
Which means that without revelation from God, people would perish.
In time past, God revealed things through His Prophets, but during these last days, He has revealed His will through His Son, Jesus Christ, whom He appointed heir of all things. (See Hebrews 1:1-2).
And Jesus Christ upholds all things (the universe) by the Word of His power (Hebrews 1:3).
Therefore, if you need to have revelations about your next seasons, search the scriptures for in it you will discover the plans God has, not only for you, but for your nation and the world at large.
Hence, Colossians 3:16 says to “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”. (Colossians 3:16, KJV)
This is not the time to go after soothsayers, prophets, diviners, mediums, chanellers, tarot-cards or palm readers etc. and further complicate an already complicated situation, and make yourself abominable to God.
This is the time to soberly reflect on your life, and prayerfully confront all the shortfalls.
This is also the time of intense Bible studying, in order to develop and sustain your relationship with God, as well as to reinvent or recreate yourself.
So that the next season will herald a better version of you.
If you have no plans for your next season, perhaps you have planned to fail or are just waiting to flow with the tide?
#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:
Thank God for speaking to us by His Son and for His powerful Word that upholds our world.
Acknowledge how you seek shortcuts by seeking ‘vision’ from sources outside of God’s Word.
Renounce all words that are contrary to God’s Word that have been spoken into your life, and declare that only God’s perfect will for your life will prosper.
Proclaim that the speaking blood of Jesus Christ is at work in your life, shielding you, and countering you from all evils, that you aligned with, when you consulted with diviners, etc, in order to know, or see your future.
Proclaim that no divination, sorcery, projections, false accusations, imprecations, jinxes and all other evils can prosper against you.
Thank God that the blood of Jesus Christ is speaking better things for your future and that you are secure in the knowledge that God causes all things to work together for the good of those that love Him and who are called according to His purpose.
Bless the remaining days of this season and thank God that He Has your tomorrow in His hands in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Tomorrow we read Proverbs 30. Shalom From Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 29th 2024
As Christian Believers, we are to stand strong and boldly confront challenges just as the lion does.
We are not of them that shall draw back in fear and timidity because of blackmail or any satanic manipulations.
We are of them that shall stand with the shield of faith and quench all fiery attacks that come against us.
Do not be amazed if some of the attacks you will have to boldly confront, will be from your own relatives and Christian folks; for it is written that “…A man’s foes shall be they of his own household”. (Matthew 10:36 KJV.)
Therefore, as you are going into the new season, be determined to face all challenges boldly like a lion, wherever the attack will come from.
When your peers, relatives or other Christian Believers attack you, it can be very destabilizing because of emotional attachments.
In order to not allow such attacks to destabilize you anymore, forgive them, and rest in the knowledge that they are who they are, and you are who you are!
Refuse to respond, retaliate, or downsize to their levels.
Be bold in Whose you are. You are the child of the Monarch of the Universe and Joint Heirs with Christ, who is the Lion of the tribe of Judah.
Do not ignorantly focus on the people. Instead, confront the evil spirits instigating them against you!
#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:
I stand with you against all forms of fears, and speak boldness to your Soul.
You shall no longer suffer defeat, and everything you lost this year because of fear, you shall get back, for your strength increases and you shall pursue, overtake and recover all, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ❤️
Have a great life.
Read Proverbs 29, and share with us whatever speaks to your heart.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 28th, 2024.
It was quite a struggle to choose what to share with you today, because everything I read from Proverbs 27 did minister to me, then I settled on verse 10:
“Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.” (Proverbs 27:10 KJV)
For clarity, here is this same verse from the New Living Translation: It will give you better understanding.
Proverbs 27:10 NLT
“Never abandon a friend— either yours or your father’s. When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance. It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.”
Three things to note here:
1). Never abandon friends, whether personal or family friends.
2). You won’t have to beg for assistance from relatives when you maintain good relationships with your friends. Friends are closer than relatives.
3). Be a good neighbor. Neighbors watch out for each other.
These are important aspects of life that you need to improve on, for your own sake.
No man is an Island. We need each other. Be relevant in your community. Reachout!
I have not been good at communicating with friends, family and my community. I will endeavor to make changes for as it is written:
“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18 KJV)
Let Us Pray:
Father, thank you for the grace of fellowship with you and with others.
Our busy lifestyle which should be a blessing has somewhat made socializing irrelevant.
Thank you for using today’s Bible verse to draw our attention to the importance of maintaining relationships with others.
Help us with daily reminders that will make us prioritize, refocus, and do the right things at the right time.
For those whose relationships are strained, We ask for forgiveness, reconciliations and restorations.
Help us Father, to be more like Jesus Christ in all aspects of life, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Tomorrow is Proverbs 28.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 27th, 2024
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