AWESOME GOD (16) Living the Higher life.

I trust that you are making time to read your Bible daily.

The more you read your Bible, the more characteristics of God you will develop.

We have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light so that our lifestyles will display God’s excellence- His virtues and perfections (Read 1 Peter 2:9-10)

Hence, Jesus Christ stated that we are the light of the world and a city that is set on a hill (Matthew 5: 14-16).

Every verse of Proverbs chapter 16 blessed me so much.  It was a struggle to choose which verse to share with you today until I heard clearly in my spirit, verse 17.

“The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul” Proverbs 16:17 KJV

Soul Searchlight:

What ways are you taking- the back-roads or highways.

If you do road trips as much as we do, you will understand that back roads are narrower and full of dangerous bends and more accident prone that highways.

If as a Christian, you have been taking back-roads in life, you have opened yourself up for demonization. Because you would not have been navigating life in an upright manner. 

As light, we are that city that is set on a hill that is visible to everyone. We have a cloud of witnesses observing our every move. 

We cannot afford to be ‘bent’ or unrighteous. Our character must be above board 

As salt, we must add value to lives, and not be like the Pharisees who were stiff-necked religious bigots.

As religious as they were, they missed the message of salvation.

Search your heart very well and talk to God about your shortcomings . 

We have been called to a higher life of love,  righteousness, graciousness, excellence, etc.

If you think that you are standing strong, be careful not to fall (1 Corinthians 10:12).

God says in Isaiah  66:2 ,”…to this man will I look…that is of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word”

Today’s word ministered to my Soul greatly.

Let us Pray

#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:

Make this prayer your own (customize it)

Father God, thank you for the various lessons in today’s Bible Reading.

I acknowledge that I took backroads at times, but for your grace, it would have been disastrous for me.

I receive forgiveness for the sin of not shining forth as light to display your excellence and perfection. 

I admit that I have not represented you well.

Thank you for forgiveness of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness. 

I come against all the forces of evils that took advantage of my unrighteousness to influence adversities,  delays, and disfavor against me. 

I command all those evil spirits with their relatives,  to get out of my realm and go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ.

I affirm that no one can bring anything to my charge, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death, and I am justified by my faith in Christ Jesus.

All delays, bans, or embargoes over my progress, prosperity,  healings, divine health, and whatever else was tampered with, are hereby released.

Thank you Father God, that my testimony shall be complete and those who awaited my downfall, will now join me in thanksgiving,  in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ. 

Tomorrow we are unto Proverbs 17. Read, meditate and pray about it. God bless you.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,  December 16, 2024 

#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:Deliverance from Evil Projections:

In our prayers today, we shall stand with you against the forces of evils that are influencing those who cheat, lie, steal, deny your rights,  and project evils against you, in a bid to cover up their wickedness, and project you as the evil one.

Most people have a hard time understanding that God is the righteous Judge of the World, “He puts down one and exalts another” (Psalm 75:7), and there is nothing hidden from Him. 

For, as the Bible states, ”…Nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest,  neither any thing hid, that shall not be known…”(Luke 8:17)

People’s sin usually finds them out (See Numbers 32:23)

OUR opening scripture from Job 20:15 Says:

“He hath swallowed down riches, He shall vomit them up again. God shall cast them out of his belly” Amein!

You may be in an inheritance or custody battle, where the oppressor may have taken possession, or skillfully hidden what rightfully belongs to you.

Whoever they may be, their conscience will not rest, and will continue to trouble them until they do right by you. 

And if they ignore or silence their conscience,  and not voluntarily restore your rights to you, God  as the righteous judge, will compel a restoration in  the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

#SpiritualWarfarePrayers:

I command to go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ all the evil spirits that are influencing hatred, lies, and acrimony, against you, to lose their holds over your finances, job opportunities, relationships, self esteem, and mental health

I release to you now , the anointing of God’s Spirit that brings deliverance, healings, prosperity, reconciliation, redemption, restoration, and wellness. 

I declare that because Christ manifested to destroy the works of the enemy, therefore, you are set free to enjoy the gains of salvation, have life in all its fullness, and fulfill God’s purpose for your life, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,  November 11th, 2024.

Faith Over Fear:

It is important that you learn how not to allow fear of anything to be your first reaction when you encounter opposition. 

Instead, reset your mind default  to  ‘faith in God for everything’.


This means that no matter how fearsome an enemy is, or how daunting the problem is, you will always tell yourself with your chest out, “Hey (say your name), relax, God’s got this.”

I stand with you against the spirits of fear, intimidation, manipulation, premonitions, hopelessness, and infirmities. As well as those  that immobilize or paralizes a person with fears.

I command all the aforementioned  evil spirits to lose their holds and influences over all the faculties of your  soul and go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ.

I declare to you that you have been given the spirit of power, love, and sound mind, and you will keep growing in faith and in the knowledge of God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

Say to yourself,

“I am victorious, for I am more than a conqueror because the One who lives in me is greater than he that is in the world” (Romans 8:32-39, 1 John 4:4; 5:4)

The Word of God works. Don’t stop saying it. Keep saying it until it forms the framework for your thinking.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D. , #TheSpiritualWarrior November 9th, 2024.

#2 How to Defeat Unrelenting Human Foes (2)

Continuation:

 Example 2: Pharaoh of Egypt:

Bible Base: Exodus 14:9-11

After Pharaoh experienced the final plague that ended in the deaths of firstborns of man and beast, Pharaoh finally agreed to let God’s people go.

On second thoughts, Pharaoh decided it was not a good idea to let them go. So, “…The Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army…” Exodus 14:9 KJV.

I encourage you to read the remaining verses in order to understand how unrelenting Pharaoh and his army were.( Read Exodus 14:1-30)

Even after experiencing how defensive God can be for His people,  He still pursued them into the red sea, and perished there with his army .

The sea which was the pathway of deliverance for the  Israelites became the pit of destruction of their unrelenting foes. 

*Today, I declare that the mercy of God that brought you deliverance from oppression will become the vehicle for the destruction of all your unrelenting foes in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. (Read Exodus 14:14).

It is important to keep in view that one of the reasons God took out a generation of Israelites in the wilderness, was because they were unrelenting in their disobedience!

In addition, they were rebellious, stiff-necked, hardhearted, and unteachable (Read Exodus 32 & Numbers 14)

And God chose rather, to work with the next generation who were flexible and teachable, and whose hearts were yielded to Him ( Read Exodus chapters 32 & Numbers 14)

As we are standing against unrelenting human foes, dont be an unrelenting human foe as well.

Search yourself, and repent if you discover that there are people you are pursuing relentlessly. 

Stop being that wicked, rigid, vindictive, unforgiving, uncompromising, and unyielding person.

Your obedience must be complete in order for you to punish disobedience. (Read 2 Corinthians 10:4-6)

Start being the opposite of all the negatives mentioned above. Line up your life with God’s Word and you will see how God will take out those unrelenting human foes.

Our weapon of choice for this warfare is the “Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17)

#PrayerPoints4Today :

1). Read and Apply Psalm 103:1, 3: Praise God for who He is and for the great things HE does in our world.

2).Acknowledge that your sinfulness opened you up for negative spiritual attacks, and remember to forgive all those unrelenting foes. 

When you forgive them, you disconnect their hold on you, and your emotional healing and prosperity will commence.

Unforgiveness feeds hatred and empowers the demonic hordes to keep tormenting you. 

3). Believe in your heart that God has forgiven you as you have forgiven others (Matthew 6:14).

Believe also that God has cleansed you from All unrighteousness as His Word states in 1 John 1:9.

4). Affirm Psalm 23, by declaring that the Lord God is your Shepherd who provides, prepares, protects, feeds, heals, and comforts you despite all the treacherous and slanderous moves of  the enemies. 

5) Thank God for helping you overcome all the entrapment of the enemy and for strengthening your faith in Him. 

6). Ask God to adjudicate  over all the charges the enemy has brought against you, while affirming that as God’s righteousness in Christ Jesus, no one “can lay anything to the charge of God’s elect, for God is for us” (Romans 8:31,33)

7). Confess that you are justified by your faith in Christ Jesus (Galatians 2:15-16),and that you are filled and led by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:14-15), there is therefore now, no condemnation to you for the blood of Jesus Christ has atoned for all your sins and is speaking better things on your behalf (Romans 8:1, Hebrews 9:14,15,24; 12:24)

8) In accordance with Isaiah 54:17, command all the voices of accusations that are speaking against you to remain silent for all eternity.

9). Thank God that you are born again, blood washed and saved from the strife of tongues, for those unrelenting human foes,  no longer exists.

10) Declare that God is love,  and as He is, so are you in this world: therefore, as love attracts, so shall goodness, favor,  appreciation, supporters and favorable circumstances are attracted to you, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️ 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, November 8th 2024.

#1 How to Defeat Unrelenting Human foes (1)

Bible Base: 2 Timothy 3:8-9:

“ …As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was“ 2 Timothy 3:8-9 KJV.

Unrelenting foes are those human agents of darkness who have their minds set on doing wickedness to you.

Although they withstood your every move, and kept failing, they changed tactics.

While pretending to be on your side, they are slandering you to others, and subtly encouraging rebellion against you.

Unrelenting foes are hardhearted,  stiff-necked, cruel, uncompromising, unyielding and unforgiving. 

Don’t be deceived by how fluently they speak Christianese. They have no respect for God, instead they are focused on themselves and their statuses. 

Because they are self-centered and proud, they have faith in themselves and are no part of Christ.  

Their major default is the rejection of the goodness of God that leads to repentance. Therefore, “Unrelenting foes” are very vindictive,  manipulative, and destructive.

There are so many on social media platforms pretending to be Christians, whereas, they are subtly spreading dissensions and lies against people who are on a mission for God.

Unrelenting foes are known by their fruits not by their languages. Beware! Don’t share in their judgments. 

Example 1: Jannes and Jambres. The Two Magicians of Pharaoh: Exodus 7-8:1-19.

Their Actions:

When it was time for the deliverance of God’s people in Egypt,  God raised up Moses, and Moses co-opted Aaron to go tell Pharaoh about HIS intentions. 

For credibility’s sake, God empowered Moses with His supernatural power, so that Pharaoh and the Egyptians will know that there is an Almighty God, who is more powerful than the Egyptian gods. 

But two Egyptian magicians tried to frustrate  Moses and Aaron’s mission, by duplicating nearly all the miracles.

According to long standing Jewish tradition, Jannes and Jambres were those two magicians who stood against Moses  and Aaron way back in Exodus 7:10-12, 22; 8:19; 12:38; Exodus 32; Numbers 22:22; 25; and who continued relentlessly to do wickedly against them.

Although they could not duplicate the plagues, they made Moses’ mission work more difficult. Their pseudo-miracles interfered with God’s work that He committed to Moses and even delayed the deliverance of God’s people.

Anyone who withstands you is standing against God who you represent.

Hence it is written that, 

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not“ Lamentations 3:36.

#MyPrayer4you:

Therefore,  whoever or whatever is standing against your progress and progression shall be exposed, disgraced and removed from your life.

From today, I declare that no sorceries, divination, enchantments, jinxes, curses or imprecations shall prosper against you.

I proclaim the lifting up of all  bans and embargoes that were placed on your finances ministry pages, groups, and  relationships.

Shame shall clothe all those who despise, malign, and are acting like Jannes and Jambres in your life and ministry.

*God will add to you reputable people, and remove spoilers from your spheres of influences.

*Your sworn enemies will see God’s elevation of you: for the harder they try, the harder they will fall, in Jesus Christ matchless  name.

Continues with Example 2 and Spiritual Warfare prayers.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior. November 7th,  2024

#10 Prayer Focus for Today: Grandchildren.

Although all my kids (children) are all grown up, and my grandkids are doing just great, all the evil going on in our world makes my heart flutter.

There is a story about how two nine year old girls bravely saved their six year old neighbor from kidnapping.

I don’t know how they did it, but it was no mean feat. Their act of bravery points to great parents who are bringing them up with a high sense of responsibilities.

God bless and protect those girls, their parents and the rescued little guy, in Jesus’s name.

I don’t know about you, but I do know that I have a responsibility to ensure that my grandkids cannot be touched by the lurking evils in our world.

I refuse to allow the changing values in our world to corrupt our beliefs system, which is rooted in the love and fear of God, and love for family.

I am so inspired by how Timothy’s Grandma Lois, and mom Eunice, effectively played their roles in Timothy’s upbringing.

Lois and Eunice’s influences made Timothy turn out to become a fervent, devout, faithful, and excellent leader.

Read how Paul said it:
“ I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and I am persuaded, now lives in you also” 1 Timothy 1:5

What about you?
What legacy would you leave for the generations following?

Many are transferring addictiveness, sexual immoralities, violence, wickedness, and other evils to their descendants unwittingly.

You can’t afford to be that ignorant grandma or grandpa who allows satan to destroy the bloodline through them!

As the Bible states, ‘Through knowledge shall the just be delivered” See Proverbs 11:9b.

I have prayerfully rearranged the life-course of my descendants.

I started with myself and systematically confronted all the ills in my ancestry, in myself, and in the lives of my children.

3 John 1:4 KJV

That is Spiritual Warfare!

And God reassures that “the seed of the righteous shall be delivered” Proverbs 11:21

As I stood my grounds against all unrighteousness, I intentionally continued to live as God’s righteousness in this life!

Prayerfully fight for the restoration of God’s righteous standards in your bloodline or descendants.

Refuse to hide behind obsolete excuses that your children don’t want you to be a part of their lives, and that you have no access to your grandkids.

Read how Eli, Samuel and
David was divinely disciplined, because they did not discipline/pass on God’s righteous standards to their descendants.

‘If you know the right thing to do and not do it, to you it is sin.’ See James 4:17

Jesus Christ gave Believers “the ministry and word of reconciliation” (See 2 Corinthians 5:17-20).

You can do it.
Be reconciled to your children. Forgive the hurts, so that satan won’t take advantage of the animosities, unforgiveness and bitterness, to keep on tormenting your descendants!

You can rescue your descendants from degeneracy!

Psalm. 112:1-2 KJV

Prayer4Today:

Note: I could give you prayer points, but identifying with you will help you pray better.

ABBA Father, thank you for the grace of parenthood.

I hereby forgive all my children for all the times they hurt me.

And I ask also, that you Our Father, work-in all my children, to also forgive me and everyone else who wronged them.

I acknowledge that children are a sacred trust from you to us, and I did not uphold the integrity of your Word to them.

I take responsibility for, and I identify with the sins of all my descendants and ask forgiveness.

Thank you for the forgiveness of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness.

I hereby dedicate/rededicate my bloodline to you, which includes every one of my human descendants.

I also dedicate/rededicate all those who are joined to my family by marriage, faith or adoption, for they are now my household/family.

I proclaim that we are Holy unto you, and I believe that you shall not allow your Holy ones to be corrupted by the decadence in the world.

In unity of faith, we stand against all forms of sexual immoralities, abuses, violence, lawlessness and other evils.

We hereby revoke/abrogate all satanic rights, and shut down all the access routes of the evil spirits that crossed generational lines: including all the familiar/familial spirits, and all others evil spirits, who are on assignments, or who have attached themselves to our family, due to ancestral covenants and pacts of the generations preceding.

I command to go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ, All the evil spirits that influence, enforce, or enable disobedience, rebellion, addictiveness, gender confusions, identity crises; including mental health disorders, chemical imbalances, mediocrity, poverty mentality, marital strife, suicidal tendencies, hardship, and other evils.

I declare that evils cannot function under any guise or disguise, against anyone who pertains or relates to me and mine.

I am blessed beyond curses and the fruits of my body are all blessed as well.

I declare that God’s Spirit of wisdom and understanding, counsel and might, knowledge and reverence of God, shall be upon, and flow through all my grandchildren.

I proclaim that my grandchildren shall walk in the God ordained pathways of righteousness, justice, empathy, meekness, divine health, excellence, and prosperity.

Supernatural favors and unlimited goodness shall be the testimonies of my descendants.

And Kings shall come to their risings, and whatsoever stands against my grandkids, shall surrender to them.

And Surely, goodness and mercies shall follow all my descendants, all the days of their lives, and they shall uphold the righteous standards of God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly,Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, July 19th, 2024.
Updated October 31st, 2024.

#8 Prayer Focus for Today: General Wellbeing: 

2 Corinthians 9:8 KJV

Bible Base: Isaiah 45:19:

“I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.” Isaiah  45:19 KJV

We know how challenging the economy of our nation is. Although prices are increasing, incomes are not increasing. 

Unless there is a paradigm shift,  many, who depend on the world economy, will face severe hardship.

This is the time for you to take your Christianity to another level. You can cause your paradigm to shift.

How?

Psalm 46:10 KJV

a). Clearly define WHO your Source and Resources is, and b). HOW you want to live your life here on earth.

The choices are yours to make. For what you allow or fear, will continue to torment you, but when you confront it, it loses its power of torment! (See Job 3:25, Matthew 18:18)

You can choose to live by being fearful of tomorrow,  or you can live by having faith in the God who owns tomorrow.

God did not call us to serve him in vain. He promised a just reward, and the benefits of Salvation belong to us already.

Hebrews 11:6 KJV

Can you relate with the scripture that says “without faith it is impossible to please Him (God), for the one who comes to Him MUST BELIEVE that: (a) He exists, and (b) He rewards those who diligently seek Him”? See Hebrews 11:6

The Believer in Christ has benefits that distinguish us from non-believers. We are Blessed already and have access to all of God’s resources!

God has not only given us promises, He has given us “His exceedingly great and precious promises” See 2 Peter 1:4

Prayer translates the promises of God into reality, while right-living sustains it.

For a foundational understanding, Read up the #6 Focus For Today: The Release of Delayed Blessings” as well as my other Postings. 
2 Peter 1:4 KJV

#Prayer4Today:

Father God, We are thankful that you are righteous, truthful, trustworthy and can not lie.

We are also grateful for your exceedingly great and precious promises, the real time blessings, benefits and rewards that are available to us your children.

We affirm O God that you are our Source and Resources for  life, health, wealth, protection, security, and general welfare. We live,  move, have our  ‘being’, and can do all things in You!

Thank you Father GOD, for the awareness that you are able to make all grace abound to us, and that even  when people are saying ‘there’s economic hardship’, we shall be declaring that we are economically  prosperous.

We declare O God that You are causing all things to work together for our good, for we love you, and we are called according to your purpose.

We affirm that doors of opportunities are opening daily,  our goods and services are in high demand,  and we live above the limitations of this world’s economic system.

We affirm that we are citizens of heaven, and thus our needs are met according to your riches in glory, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

There shall be none homeless, sick, indebted, or demonized among us, for we and our offsprings are Holy unto you.

As you blessed the house of Potiphar because of Joseph, bless all who are connected or related to us by biology, by marriage, and by faith. 

Bless our Nations and communities O God, as well as our support network 🙏🏽 . So that they will also participate in enjoying the blessings that you give  without sorrows, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ ♥️ 

Thank you for confirming my words and performing my counsels in Jesus’s name. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, July 17th 2024

Updated October 29th, 2024.

#6 Prayer Focus for Today: The Release of Delayed Blessings.

When we get born again, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places ( Ephesians 1:3).

That scripture verses challenged me so much in my early years in ministry because, like many other Christians,  I had no idea how to transfer those “spiritual blessings in heavenly places” into my real time.

Therefore,  I would fast, pray and beg, before I could enjoy the blessings of salvation. It was so frustrating.

 Yet, the Bible says that it is the blessings of God that makes us rich without sorrows, See Proverbs 10:22. 

Even though the Bible says, “the expectations of the righteous result in joy….” (Proverbs 10:28), I had no joy. I was very uptight and had many unmet needs, and my expectations were frustrated.

God is not at fault and His Word is Truth.  For Indeed, the born again child of God is blessed.

But you have to make His Word work for you by lining up with it. 

Ignorance of who we are in Christ, and how to utilize the power at work in us, are the major problems besetting  most Christians today.

Before we pray, below are some things you can do to facilitate the manifestations of the heavenly blessings into your physical world.

a). Be prayer-full: it is important to keep praying until you receive your blessings. (See Luke 18:1-8) 

Prayer of praises/thanksgiving brings God’s power into play in your life (Psalm 22:3, 

b). Increase your commitment level to God and to your cause. When you draw near to God, He will draw near to you. Your commitment to God commits God to your cause, which attracts blessings to you (See James 4:8, Jeremiah 29:12-14).

c) Know that “All good and perfect gifts come from God” (See James 1:17). It is not about how hardworking you are, it is God’s grace (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

d). Counter satanic interferences. We should not be ignorant of satan’s devices.  He always tries to Intercept blessings in order to frustrate the faith of Believers. 

Whenever you pray, always incapacitate the forces of evil and release your blessings.

Read Daniel 10:13-21, Mathew 18:18, Mark 16:17-18, Luke 10:19)

#Prayers4Today:

Thank you Father God for blessing us  with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places, and also enabling us to receive these blessings as well in our realities.

I acknowledge that I was in doubt and began to falter at your promises. 

I receive forgiveness for questioning your integrity and not holding fast to my confessions of faith.

I command all the forces of evil attacking, hindering, delaying, or blocking my blessings, to be gone now to the feet of Jesus Christ.

I affirm that all things are   working together for my good, and I have the advantage over all established human or spiritual protocols.

I call forth the release of all my due or accrued financial and material blessings.

  I pronounce as abrogated, all   delays, interferences, bans and embargoes over all my good and perfect blessings.

Thank you Father that your grace and favor are working for me already, and I shall enjoy your goodness in the land of the living, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, July 15th, 2024.

Reviewed October 26th, 2024.