Tag: Words To Live By

Scripture verses that points to right living

Day2 of the 21 Days Prayer Series. 

Subject: Transformation 2 : Receive the garment of praise.

Welcome to this second day of praying.  Were you able to make time for prayers today?

In order to overcome prayer neglect, I have to discipline myself to pray at 3 hourly intervals. Which has been a great help. 

Give it a try, and you will see how your circumstances will change miraculously. 

Which reminds me of how mother Sarah’s circumstances changed miraculously, after a Divine visitation.

In case you are not familiar with the story, I will briefly recant it now.

  Mother Sarah was the sister-bride of Father Abraham.

She was barren.

She felt utterly hopeless, and convinced father Abraham into surrogacy with her maid.

That didn’t go well because her relationship with Hagar, her maid, deteriorated.

Can you relate with how frustrated,  pained, rejected, and utterly hopeless she felt?

Well, she became abusive and the maid ran away. But later returned after she had an epiphany.

Good for her, but Sarah had to live with a pregnant maid, who made her barrenness more obvious.

Oh, how Sarah must have cried her prayers to God!

And one faithful day,  she too had a prophetic encounter that changed her life.

“And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.” (Genesis 21:1-2 KJV)

Can you even imagine how happy both of them were?

And Father Abraham named him Isaac, and  Sarah said, “God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.” (Genesis 21:6 KJV)

My prayer for you is that the spirit of heaviness can no longer torment you. 

You have been set free. 

Your joy shall be complete.

All obstacles are removed.

In this season of transformation:

Your walk will change,

Your laughter will change,

Your talk will change.

Your finances will change.

Your mental health will change, for God is causing All things to work together for your good.

All those  who despise you, will see God’s glory in your life, and their eyes will have respect for God, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

Dearly beloved friend,  stay encouraged. Look beyond your present challenges, and see 👀 the goodness of God manifesting.

Was there a time in your experience that you made a good decision which came back to bite you?

You can share it with me too by email: Spiritualwarrior24@gmail.com

God bless you. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior , February 2nd, 2025.

Day1 of 21 Days Prayer Series.

Subject: Transformation 

Happy new month blessed  people. 

Today is a memorable day for us. We started our YouTube channel, @thespiritualwarrior2016 

The uploaded video  is a series that will help you understand spiritual warfare. 

Please watch it and subscribe. I hope this link works:

I am also starting a series of teachings & prayers that will greatly benefit you, if you can make tome to read them.

Did you join us during our recent 40 days season of fasting and prayers?

Well, if you did not, you may want to join these 21 day prayer sessions from today.

In Acts 3:2-8 is the story of a man with physical disabilities, He definitely had no economic support. 

But he refused to allow those ugly circumstances  to interfere with his expectations.

Daily, he went and sat  at the temple’s beautiful gate expecting handouts.

Can you relate to how disappointing some days were for him?

Let me explain to you what it was like to be disabled back then.

Disabled people were not free to join in public worship and were treated as despicables. 

Hence our guy sat at the gate of the temple.

Though he was despised, rejected, and in dire straits, he  kept going to the beautiful gate.

His Persistence and perseverance paid off! 

One day, he eventually received blessings beyond his wildest imaginations. 

He was healed of his disabilities! And he went into the temple, jumping, leaping, and praising God.

Which reminds me of God’s Word in James 5:11 which says, “Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”(KJV) 

I am also reminded of what the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that

 “The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” 

My earnest heartfelt prayer for you is that in this new month,  God will supernaturally intervene in your life.  So that you too will be liberated from all restrictions and you will rejoice again, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

#PrayerPoints4Today:

Don’t give up, keep declaring that God has swiftly intervened to transform your circumstances to glorify His name. 

Can you think of a certain time in your life when you were treated with contempt, how did things  change for you?

You can send me an email to spiritualwarrior24@gmail.com. 

God bless you. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D.,#TheSpiritualWarrior. 

February 1st 2025.

When You pray for your Leaders,You are praying for You:

Bible Base:

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12 KJV

If you desire to live peacefully in your nation, it is incumbent on you to pray for the leaders of your country.

#PrayerPoints4Today 

*Pray for your president, the senators,  congress , councilors, etc.(whether you like them or not)

*Speak peace to them.

*Pray for their mental health, and general well-being. 

*Pray that they act in wisdom.

*Command to go at once to the feet of Jesus Christ, all the forces of darkness assigned to distract, mislead, torment or oppress them.

*Speak a release to them, the grace of leadership, and supernatural grace for effectiveness.

*Pray that these leaders are surrounded with Godly counselors.

*Pray for their families that they are protected, and provided for.

*Pray for their spouses to be supportive and emotionally balanced.

*Pray for you, everything you just prayed for them, for as it is written, the Husbandman is the first partaker.

I bless you from my Spirut, and declare it is well with you in Jesus’s name.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior , January 24th, 2025

AWESOME GOD (40) Showing His marvelous work.

Glory be to God. Today, our 40 days of spiritual exercises,  of fasting, prayers, Bible Reading and meditation on the Word, ends.

And what a glorious ending with Psalm 9:1 which says:

“I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.” Psalm 9:1 KJV.

#Testimony :

It was a great ride, filled with health challenges and spiritual attacks. But God showed up strong for us.

The past 3 days were like , “God, I’m just tired of all these things going on around me, please help me”.

The Good News is that despite all the satanic antics to distract us, we were still able to accomplish our goals, and have come out with more zeal to do His will.

I am glad to inform you that we are going to be making YouTube videos that will bring home to you,  our teachings on deliverance, healings, spiritual growth etc. 

As a trained Chaplain and Christian Spiritual Therapist, I give attention to details, and help you personalize your relationship with God,  through a daily faith-walk with Christ Jesus. 

I do pray that reading all the contents I shared with you, has helped your faith to grow more, and has made you aspire to live a life that displays the awesomeness of God.

Always remember that you are bought with a price and that your life belongs to Christ who bought your liberty with His life, so that you can display the virtues and perfection of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light’ (Read 1 Peter 1:23, 2:9-10).

Going forward, never let anything the devil sends you hold you down. 

As you accomplish your spiritual goals for life, you effectively incapacitate the devil, who is LIKE a roaring lion. 

Aim at being that person who knows what is right to do, and does it.

We are not of them who shrink  back in fear and are destroyed  We are of them that pressforward, overtake and overcome all odds, by our faith in Christ (Read Hebrews 10:39, 1 John 3:8,4:4, 5:4)

God bless and keep you safe always, prosper your endeavors and help you to always draw strength from Him, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, January 9th 2025.

AWESOME GOD (39) Our God is Excellent .

Let me boast about God, for He is the very best at love, justice, forgiveness,  restoration, beauty, etc

Everything in creation points to how Excellent God (majestic and glorious) is. 

In  Psalm 8 which is under meditation, we are told that God has set His glory above the heavens, established  strengths in order to silence foes and the avenger (Psalm 8:1-2, AMP).

Furthermore, when I consider everything in creation that God ordained and established, gratitude floods my heart that HE has made me “accepted in the Beloved”,  and His heir (Read Ephesians 1:6, Romans 8:17).

Therefore people of God, no matter what the devil is throwing at you, that is making you feel diminished, suicidal, or hopeless, know today that the devil is lying to you.

You are none of those things he satan keeps saying to you through his human agents.

You are the creation of an Excellent God. 

And if you are born again, the Excellency of God resides in you- not mediocrity, failures, abuses,  pedophilia,  wretchedness,  poverty, etc.

The potential for greatness is in you.

It is your responsibility to aspire, and not expire!

This new year is a new beginning for you. 

Cut off those satanic restraints holding you back and press forward till you DISPLAY EXCELLENCE in all aspects of life.

I stand with you in prayers and declare that mediocrity has ended. Poverty has ended. Rise and fall (gallopy life circumstances) have ended with all related evils.

I release to you now the fire of attraction, the grace of acceptance, the anointing for supernatural growth, excellence and productivity, to work with you,  in the matchless name of Jesus  Christ. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, January 8th, 2025

AWESOME GOD (38) Staying Unaffected by Slander.

In Psalm 7, the Psalmist is experiencing being slandered by Cush the Benjamite, and is crying out for vindication from God.

 I can relate with how painful it can be, when you are falsely accused or slandered.

  And also how much you really want to release fire and brimstone on those slanderers.

This year, it is important to rein in your anger, and not allow slanderous people to get under your skin. 

Firstly, you should work on building up your self esteem, so that people’s opinions of you would not hurt you.

Secondly, it is important that you must function as the righteousness of God: so that  if slandered, you can seek vindication from God, as David did. 

Thirdly, understand that there is a time to confront evil, and a time to resist the devil.

Slanderers have deep seated resentment and bitterness against their objects.

Confronting them will only  enable their vindictive manipulations and verbiage. 

So much so that, the more you attempt to vindicate yourself, the  more vitriol they will spew.

However,  If you need to take legal actions in order to redeem your reputation, go for it.

But generally, it is more effective to ask God to vindicate you, than to rely on getting justice from a corrupt  justice system. 

Fourthly, you resis slanderers by taking the shield of faith and the Sword of the Spirit: which means that you must engage their demons at the place of spiritual warfare. 

You do so by standing strong in faith and countering all their evil words, with the Word of God.

Action:

Declare that all the antics of slanderers, aimed at assassinating your character are nullified. 

Also affirm who God’s Word says you are, and command all the demons of slander, anger, resentment,  false accusations and their relatives to get out of your affairs.

You can also declare that everyone you were slandered  to, will receive confirmations in their spirit, that they were lied to.

Additionally, declare 1 John 3:8 and proclaim what it says.

Finally, make a decision not to be that person who slanders others, ever again, and will only speak words that bless, encourage and edify, in the name of Jesus Christ.

You may need to review a previous post about Slander, from my blog spiritualwarrior2016.blog 

We have just two more days before this series ends.

Tomorrow we read Psalm 8

#MyPrayer4you;

I declare that slanderers cannot function in your orbit, and that you will be a blessing in your world, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,  January 7th 2025

AWESOME GOD (36) Be Led by God:

As we draw nearer to the end of our 40 days of self humbling spiritual exercise,  it is important to clearly define who our Leader is.

Scripture says in Romans 8:14, that all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Again in Proverbs we are instructed to lean on God, and to trust in Him with all our hearts, acknowledge Him in all our ways, and He will show us which path to take. (Read Proverbs 3: 5-6).

If in previous years,  you relied on family, friends, and secular professionals to lead you, how well did it work for you?

It is foolish to keep on doing the same thing and expect a different result.

You may not realize it, but anything that you exalt above the knowledge of God in your life has become your idol.

You are challenging the authority of God in your life,  by that behavior, if you are born again.

Can a person play with fire and not get burnt? Can a person quarrel woth his/her Maker and not face defeat?

If you really desire for the course of your life and circumstances to change, you need to renew your mind,  and take a stand today, to cast down all imaginations and all high things that are exalted above God in your life. 

In Jeremiah 17:5, this is what God says: “Cursed [with great evil] is the strong man who trusts in and relies on frail man, making weak [human] flesh his arm, and whose mind and heart turn aside from the Lord.” (Jeremiah 17:5 AMPC)

If you sincerely want to know who or what you trust, answer this question to settle it for you.

Question:

Who, or what comes to your mind first, when you have a problem? 

Your answer is the person or thing you trust.

Effects:

That is the reason for the hardships and destitution, rejections and consecutive failures, as well as barrenness, sterility, unproductivity, and related evils that you are experiencing.  (Read Jeremiah 17:6)

The Christian who enthrones ideologies, philosophies,  personalities and anything else that contradicts God’s Word,  is a magnet that attracts negatives.

Check your life and make the necessary corrections- repent, and cast them down (Read 2 Corinthians 10:5), and make God the King of your life. 

Give God all due the respect. He loves you, saves you, and  never fails.

GOD loves you with an everlasting love and draws you with unfailing kindness and continued faithfulness.( Read Jeremiah 31:3)

When your life is in alignment with God’s Word and His ways, you ”shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:8 AMPC)

In summary, in order to enjoy the benefits of salvation, experience, and display the AWESOMENESS OF GOD,  you must humble yourself and be led by our Holy God.

Read your Bible.  Know God for yourself.  Search the scriptures and apply it to your real-time.

#Prayer4Today:

Our Prayer today is from Psalm 5:8, which says;

“Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face”(AMPC), in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

For tomorrow,  proceed to Psalm 6, we are stopping this fasting series with Psalm 9.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior,  January 5th 2025

AWESOME GOD (35) If HE did it Before,  He can do it Again:

We had  a  great meeting and time went by so quickly.  Please accept my apology for posting this content so late.

We serve an Eternal God who continues to do good, and who is absolutely trustworthy.

One of the ways to grow in your faith-walk with God is to review His past dealings with you. 

If He showed up for you in the past when you had trouble, be rest assured that He will still show up for you 💯 in this time of trouble. Because that is who HE is.

Back in the era of the Judges in the Bible,  there was so much lawlessness in the land, and everyone did what seemed right to them (See Judges 17:6).

And surely as God is God, He showed up from when they rebelled, through when the enemies took advantage of their rebellion to torment, torture and terrorize them. And He was always quick to deliver them from their strong foes, when they repented and realigned with Him (God), and He will quickly rescue them again.

Although it was a circle of sin, discipline, repentance, restoration and  sin; God never failed His people. 

Again and again, He showed up strong for them.

Run with that knowledge this year,  that God will never fail you when you call out to Him for help.

Just as our meditation verse for today says;

“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness. THOU HAST ENLARGED ME WHEN I WAS IN DISTRESS; Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Psalm 4:1 KJV, emphasis mine)

The Amplified Classic rendered the highlighted sentence as, “You have freed me when I was hemmed in, and enlarged me when I was in distress…” Psalm 4:1b AMPC.

#MyPrayer4you:

I pray that God, our righteousness and  justice shows up in His awesome glory in your life.

I proclaim your liberty from all cycles of defeat, frustrating  circumstances ,  helplessness, addictiveness, marital troubles, unrelenting health issues and financial challenges.

As it is written that whatever we lose on earth is loosed in heaven, I hereby lose the goodness of God, and command all injustices to stop, and I affirm that sin no longer has dominion over you.

For Surely, goodness and mercy follows you, all the days of your life, and you will continue  to develop Christ-like characteristics, in Jesus’s mighty name.

We continue tomorrow with Psalm 5.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, Ph.D., #TheSpiritualWarrior, December 4th,  2025.

AWESOME GOD (34) Staying Secure in God:

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

AWESOME GOD (33) Ask Big.

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.