A few days ago, there was a fire outbreak in our city. The fire is still on-going and the Firefighters are still there babysitting it, so that it doesn’t spread. And this will continue for a few more days, until it burns out.
We are thankful that no deaths were recorded.
God bless, strengthen and keep all the Firefighters and first responders safe in Jesus’s name.
Additionally, the state of Arkansas is on fire risk alert.
Thank you for honoring our Prayer Request for rainfall.
Please join us to pray for the Firefighters, they are extraordinary persons. They need us to lift them up at this very trying season.
I know a Christian couple who are both Firefighters, they are now extremely busy putting out fires, and responding to medical emergencies as well.
Please pray for our Firefighters and First Responders- they render selfless service 🙏🏽
Bible Base: Hebrews 4:16:
“So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most” Hebrews 4:16 NLT.
#PrayerPoints4Today:
*Thank God for their skillful handling of situations.
*Speak safety, protection, strength, and healings on them and their families.
*Pray that they will have a more meaningful relationship with God, through their experiences.
*Ask God to endue them with more skill so that they can function at optimum best.
*Pray for the families of those who died in the course of service: that God will comfort them and help them to process the griefs appropriately, and to also provide for them.
*Ask God to protect us from fire outbreaks, send us dews, snow or rain, and to nullify the risks of fires in our land.
*Plead the blood of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins and cleansings of all unrighteousness and defilement in our land.
*Be the prophet of your life, speak blessings over your and yours, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior October 18th 2024
You must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…
If you do not grow, you will stagnate, vegetate, and die.
For every Believer, we must radiate God’s glory as we illuminate our world with our knowledge of Him. (See Proverbs 4:18)
Don’t be that Christian who has vast knowledge of politics, the sciences, and who is also an avid conspiracy theorist; But whose knowledge of God stems only from quotes of either the pastor or some Christian writer.
Be that Christian who knows God for him/herself.
God’s Word says in Jeremiah 9:24 that we should glory in this:
1). That we (a) understand and (b) know Him [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing His character],
2).That we know Him as the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
These are the things that make God delight-full.
Further readings:[I Cor. 1:31; II Cor. 10:17.]
Until I grow in the knowledge of who God is, His character, His ways and works, then, I am one of the most ignorant humans alive.
It really doesn’t matter the number of doctoral degrees I have acquired, if I have no knowledge of God, and am still growing in a relationship with him, there is nothing to be glorious or proud about.
Without the true knowledge of God, and an ongoing relationship with Him, all life’s pursuits are a waste! Zero!
Hey, don’t give up on yourself, it’s not too late to start now.
Personal Testimony:
When my kids were growing up and in their college years, they were encouraged to be known as radicals for Christ: Which effectively set boundaries, and later kept the cultists away from them.
As a proud parent, I can testify that my kids are all blessed with supernatural intelligence: which is the result of prioritizing Bible Study and a relationship with God.
I may not have scientific data to establish my point, but I can tell you from seeing the educational excellence of my kids and grandkids, that their educational excellence came about from delving into the Word of God.
One of my daughters testified about how reading her Bible before tests and exams, opened up her mental capacity.
Diligence in reading the Bible, expands your mind, memory and intelligence.
As you keep reading your Bible, you will experience an increase in your ability to receive, retain, recall, and apply knowledge.
You may think my theory of theology is foolish, but remember that, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men” for “God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty”
(See 1 Corinthians 1:25,27 MEV)
You can start today by prioritizing personal Bible Reading, look up all the scriptures referenced in your daily devotionals, and prayerfully apply what you read.
God desires an ongoing relationship with you. Christianity is a lifestyle: it is not a garment of convenience to wear on Sundays.
Let Us Pray
#PrayerPoints4Today:
1). Spend a minute to just meditate on what you read.
a). How does it affect your life?
b). What can you change to become better?
2). Present your decision to God, and ask Him to help you become better in your quest to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3) Pray to always remember the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that through his poverty you might be rich. (Read 2 Corinthians 8:9): So that, you will never accept the disgrace of living in debts and unable to pay bills, or meet basic needs.
4) Ask God to help you to understand and know Him personally and practically,as well as to directly discern and recognize His character.
5). Ask God to help you to experience HIS Lordship in your life.
6). Rededicate yourself and family to Him and affirm that in Him you live, move, and have your being.
7). Repent of all the ways that you have allowed the ways and words of the world to corrupt your good morals.
8). Command all the evil spirits that are running all over your affairs, to stand down, and proceed immediately to the feet of Jesus Christ.
9). Thank God that HE practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness on the earth and that you are proud to be His Child, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior , October 17th 2024
Dear People of God, it’s that season again for wildfires 🔥, and most of Arkansas needs rain, in order to stop wildfires, from destroying lives and property.
If you are wondering where this is at, “Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.“ Wikipedia
Presently, Arkansas is very dry, humidity is low, and strong winds are blowing.
Please join us to pray and Avert any catastrophes. People are still recovering from the memorial weekend tornadoes 🌪. We can live without wildfires 🔥.
Bible Base: James 5: 17-18:
17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed [a]intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. AMP
#PrayerPoints4Today:
1). Please pray for the heavens to open and pour out rain on the already blazing fires in some counties.
2). Pray that the fires are contained and put out quickly.
3). Command the evil territorial spirits to stop and get out.
4). Release God’s grace and mercies to the peoples of the state.
5). Remember survivors of Hurricane Helen and Milton, the temperatures have dropped so much, and people need to be sheltered and fed!
Pray that God’s blessings should multiply upon them for speedy rebuilding, relocation, and the resources available to them.
6). Pray for all those who at great personal risk are taking supplies to the survivors. Bless them for their efforts, and pray they don’t suffer compassion fatigue.
7). Thank God that you can pray for others, in Jesus Christ matchless name ❤️.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 16th 2024
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” James 4:17 KJV.
We had a very unpleasant incident that made me review the unpleasant consequences of procrastinating.
On Sunday, we had a very busy day trying to keep overlapping appointments.
However, we had a short window in between appointments, and tried to squeeze in a very important brief meeting.
Rather unfortunately, we got caught in traffic, and could not make that very important one.
We were like an hour late and decided to proceed to the next appointment, instead.
That decision cost us.
We were supposed to drop off our tithe and put it off for the next visit, since we were embarrassingly late!
Well, the next day, we had an incident that cost us exactly the tithe we should have dropped off.
The bad news is that with more expenses ahead due to that incident, it would have been cheaper to drop off our tithe!
You know how hindsight gives excellent vision, right?
Looking back, we should have proceeded to that appointment, do the right thing, and avoid opening doors for the devourer to attack our finances!
Many people who are still wallowing in financial hardships still argue about tithing.
I don’t, I know better. I encourage tithing, because I have always enjoyed the benefits of tithing.
For as scripture says, in
Malachi 3:10-11 NASB1995
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse…test Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts,
“if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
Then I will rebuke the devourer for you…says the Lord of hosts.
The tithe is evidence against the devourer that your finances, health, family, etc are untouchable.
Perhaps like us, you procrastinate about dropping off your tithe. Or you used to tithe, and have stopped tithing, because of ignorant theologians who teach against tithing, today’s prayer Focus is for you.
Nowhere in the New Testament did Jesus Christ stop tithing. Instead, He encouraged tithing alongside caring for parents etc – read Matthew 23:23
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. Matthew 23:23 NLT
Let us Pray
#PrayerPoints4Today:
1). Thank God for His loving-kindness and tender mercies, that has shielded you from full blast satanic attacks.
2). Acknowledge what you did not do, that you ought to have done:
3). Plead the blood of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness.
4). Command the spirits of error, procrastination, delay, hardship, dwindling resources, neglect, distraction, confusions and relatives , to leave your realms.
5). Affirm that there is therefore no condemnation to you, for you are Spirit-filled and Spirit-led, and will always do the right thing at the right time.
6). Command silence upon all voices of accusations speaking against you from anywhere, and declare that the speaking blood of Jesus Christ has accomplished redemption, restitution and restoration on your behalf.
7). Thank God for the new beginning that heralds financial blessings, supernatural favors, and unlimited goodness.
8). Affirm that God is working in you, to will and to do of His good pleasure, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D.,#TheSpiritualWarrior October 15th, 2024.
A good listener is able to receive messages and accurately interpret them.
How can you be effective in your relationships at work and at home, if you are so full of yourself, always lecturing, and never listening?
The Israelites of old had that problem with God. They were full of reasons why God’s ideas were not good enough. The slave mentality was their undoing.
Instead of listening to God’s Word, they only heard the accompanying sounds, became terrified, shut down, and preferred third party communication with God. Read Exodus 20.
When you do not develop your listening skills, and discipline yourself to hear well, you will miss great opportunities to fellowship with God, and to impact the life of others.
That listening defect contributed to the degeneration of that generation.
If you do not develop your listening skills, you will open doors for misunderstanding and misinformation to thrive.
You must learn to listen to God and accurately interpret His Word.
Eve had the problem of not listening well . If she had listened well to God’s Word, or paid attention to what Adam told her, she would not have fallen for the lies of the devil. See Genesis 3.
It is important to learn how to listen to God. Get familiar with your Bible. God speaks to us majorly through His Word the Bible.
Stop allowing disinformation, misinformation, false Prophets etc to destabilize you with their understandings.
If you are born again, you are a royal priest of God, a child of God having the same access to God as that apostle, pastor, or deliverance minister.
The secrets of God are with those that fear (revere) Him (Psalm 25:14)
How glorious for God to have your ear- to confide in you!
Do you know also that God does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants ? Read Amos 3:7.
If your heart is not right with Him, and you do not ‘fear’- reverence Him, how can He even share secrets with you?
Today is the day you take your relationship with God to another level.
Start by reading your Bible in order to hear what He has to say to you!
Let us pray.
#PrayerPoints4Toda
1).Thank God for awakening your ear every morning to listen and learn from Him (Isaiah 50:4)
2). Acknowledge and reject that slave mentality that only hears what 3rd parties are saying about God.
3). Invite God to help you relate and communicate with Him as His beloved child.
4). Command silence upon all the cacophony of voices trying to bring confusion, fear, terror and destruction in your life.
5). Affirm that God has given you the ability to hear wisely and effectively in your relationships.
6). Set out regular time for personal Bible Reading or Study.
7). Bless yourself and declare your benefits of salvation.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior. October 14th 2024.
Perseverance Vs Persistence in prayer involves shamelessly asking God for your needs until He responds favorably.
No matter how long it takes or how hard it gets, you never give up because you know ‘Whose’ you are, who you are, and you understand the importance of what you are asking for.
Bible Base: Romans 8:32 AMPC:
“He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?”Romans 8:32 AMPC
With that reassurance therefore, “let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment]”Hebrews 4:16 AMP
Before we pray, let’s discuss how some Bible characters persevered and persisted in
1). Moses fearlessly interceded on behalf of the Israelites, when God in anger wanted to destroy them- read Exodus 32: 1-14, and to understand the context, read Exodus chapters 32-34.
2) Ezekiel presented a strong argument against divine instructions, and God relented and allowed an alternative- Read Ezekiel 4:12-15.
The above discussions between Ezekiel and God, transformed my prayer life, and I’m always prepared with facts about why HE should grant my requests in accordance with His Word.
In Isaiah 41: 21, it says, “Present your case…Set forth your strongest points…”EHV
Read the full text – Isaiah 41:31-43:13
Read also Isaiah 1:18 where God actually wants us to come and reason with Him!
Remember that if you are born again, God is your father. I’m sorry if you had an abusive relationship with your earthly father, who perverted fatherliness.
But God is the best Father you can ever have. (Please don’t even let me start to tell you how loving, kind, protective, and a disciplinarian God is). With God, you can never lack any good thing.
Finally, in Luke 18:1-8 is the parable of the persistent woman and the unrighteous judge, who because of her perseverance and persistence, acceded to her requests.
Let Us Pray:
Father God, thank You for your unfailing love that is as vast as the heavens, a your faithfulness that reaches to the clouds.
We are grateful that your righteousness is like majestic mountains and your judgments are like the deepest seas.
You,O God, preserves and protects us, and provides everything we need, even before the need arises.
Noone can compare to your excellence.
Thank you for our world and for not allowing adverse weathering to destroy Humanity.
We plead the Blood of Jesus for the lost and ask that your goodness will lead them to repentance.
Bless all those who have been reading these prayer posts. Let your Word gain ascendancy in them, nullify all contrary words against them, and produce excellence in them also, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 12, 2024
Kindness is a form of love which is seen in generosity, consideration and friendliness.
A kind person is not sarcastic, vindictive, malicious or vengeful.
A kind person gives hope and will always promote peaceful coexistence.
When you are kind, you are graceful with your speech and actions.
I earnestly pray to be that kind person who will try harder to not answer a fool in his foolishness.
I don’t know about you, but there are times when it’s so hard to be kind with words to stupid people.
That notwithstanding, we must Resolve to be kind: for it a command and a fruit of the Holy Spirit of God.
Bible Base:
“ And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you”. Ephesians 4:32 AMPC
“The fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness”(Galatians 5:22 AMPC
Let us Pray:
Father God, thank You for the entrance of your Word that illuminates our Soul and dissipates darkness.
We acknowledge that we have been unkind at various times, but hereby resolve to be kinder with our words and actions.
We stand against impatience, lack of consideration for the feelings of others, and hardness of heart.
Thank you Father for your enabling grace at work in us to produce the fruits of repentance.
We affirm that we are quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to get angry, as we interact with others daily.
We will be worthy ambassadors of Christ and will continue to live a life worthy of emulating in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior October 11th 2024
Today, we shall be praying for two categories of servers.
1). The frontliners who are physically present to help people. 2). Those who send monetary or material gifts to those affected by disasters.
“For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name’s sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do.” Hebrews 6:10 AMPC
Our prayer is for God to remember everyone of them for good, richly reward their labors of love, and shield their families from all evils, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️
Remember also to thank God for answering the prayers of His people to calm Hurricane Milton and to send additional support to victims of Hurricane Helene, as well as give reprieve to those in war zones.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior October 10th, 2024
Today, we are continuing our prayers for those affected by Helene, for the calming of Hurricane Milton and Aldine.
“Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.”
Romans 12:12 CEVUK
#Prayer4Today:
Father, thank you for your mercy that has been prevailing over judgment, and for calming the storms and comforting your people who are devastated by the effects of the storms, winds, and wars.
We plead the blood of Jesus Christ and command the storms to be still, and hold it’s peace, and for the rumors of wars, and the wars de-escalate.
We rebuke all the forces of evils and order them to stop taking advantage of these disasters to further distress to humanity.
Father, you are God of all flesh, full of compassion, and infinite in mercy. Be God in our world, and draw our people to you again. Remember that we are fragile beings, mercifully intervene in our affairs O God.
Thank you for all the churches and individuals that you have been using to bring supplies, encourage and strengthen the faith of our people. Prosper them and remember them for good, and shield them from being stalked by human agents of satan in disguise.
Thank you also for not allowing the government and their agents to become God in this situation, instead, you have made your Word, ways, and works known to the world, and diminished dependence upon govts.
Help your people stay focused on you, as they remove debris, rebuild their lives and their homes, reorder their priorities or resettle their affairs.
Father, thank you for bypassing protocol as you provide financial assistance, to help facilitate emotional and physical healings.
As Hurricane 🌀 Milton makes landfall, let it flatten, die out and return to the seas without destructions to lives and properties.
Show the world that you are forgiving, merciful and have the world and it’s elements in your control.
Frustrate all the predictions that are aimed at promoting fear and destabilizing the people.
We proclaim that we do not function in fear, but have faith in you, to save to the uttermost those who come to you through Christ Jesus.
We plead the blood of Jesus as redemption for all those who are in the eye of the storms or in the paths of the hurricanes.
Thank you Father, for being our God, father, Helper, restorer, friend and righteousness, in Jesus name we have prayed.
Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, October 9th 2024
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