Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Weapons of Warfare
‘For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)’ 2 Cor.10:4 [KJV]
Unlike the physical weapons of warfare, the weapons of spiritual warfare are entirely different. As a believer you need to know them and know how to deploy them in the place of battle. The weapons of our warfare include but are not limited to the name of Jesus, the Blood of Jesus, the Word of God, praise and worship. The Bible says ‘let the high praise of God be in their mouth, and a two edge sword in their hands’ Ps.149:6 [KJV]. Our weapons are mighty through God and not apart from Him. So what you see is not Read the rest of this entry
Spiritual Principles III
‘…as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you’ Num.14:28 [KJV].
The fourth spiritual principle that we must know in order to successfully operate in the supernatural is the trigger principle. It simply states that words are triggers in the supernatural. If you are an anointed child of God filled with the Holy Ghost yet you don’t speak then nothing happens. It is like having a loaded gun and not pulling the trigger so nothing happens. Your tongue and the words that you speak are the triggers. ‘By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now Read the rest of this entry
Spiritual Principles II
‘That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father’ Phil.2:10-11.
Hierarchy exists especially in the spiritual. ‘And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater’ Heb.7:7 [NIV]. A colleague and I had a meeting with one of the kings in Nigeria. At the end of the meeting I interrupted the king to ask why he ignored my colleague throughout and focused on me alone. His response was ‘what do you take me for? You mean I will see authority and not know it? You are disappointing me. You pastors are higher than us kings’. He says they were taught about spiritual hierarchy from Read the rest of this entry
Spiritual Principles I
‘For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith’ 1 John 5:4
The first spiritual principle that we must know in order to successfully operate in the supernatural is the source principle. The source principle simply states that you are your source. In the supernatural you are your source. The Jews were people of God but they had changed their source. And in John 8:44, Jesus was saying to them ‘For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no Read the rest of this entry
Communion
‘Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you. Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.” Acts.10:19-20
People think hearing God is so mysterious. The truth is that it is where you are spending most of your time that determines what you will be sensitive to. For instance, I spent a lot of time with my father while I was growing up. So when he sends me out to get the daily newspaper I did not have to ask him which one I should buy. My father was very political so some newspapers were preferred compared to others and there were some that he just would not buy. On the days I get there and the vendor does not have the Read the rest of this entry
The Prophet
‘And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days’ Gen.49:1 [KJV]
The father is the prophet of the family. Where are the eyes? It is on the head so how come it is only your wife that sees visions? How come she is the one that hears what God is saying? How come she is able to discern and guide you on what investments to make or tell you the direction the Holy Ghost is moving in? All you are doing is going along with the direction she is providing. Something is wrong with that. A man that is standing in this position has become a figurehead prophet in his family. You need to change and get closer to Read the rest of this entry
More Like God
‘…Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!’ 1Chr.29:14.
A man took his son to an eatery and bought him the best-made potato chips ever. Sitting across the table from his son, he watched as the boy pleasurably consumed each chip. And instinctively, the father reached out to share in the experience but the boy slapped his father’s wrist and said ‘no dad, this is mine!’. Immediately, three thoughts ran through the father’s mind. Firstly, does this boy not know I got him the potato chips? I am the source of these potato chips. Secondly, as the source of the potato chips, I control its availability. I Read the rest of this entry
God Speaks Through Stories
‘Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these when speaking to the crowds. In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables’ Matt.13:34
The benchmark for sacrifice is not the value of the money you have given. Rather it is what you have to give up in order to give that amount of money. At the beginning of the year 2012 I struggled with paying my first fruit. Well this might surprise some of you because I occupy the office of a pastor. But the truth is that pastors too struggle with giving especially when they have bills that are high. Well a lady walked into my office, gave me her first fruit, and told me the sacrifice she went through to give that money. And I knew that God Read the rest of this entry
Go And Find Out
‘How much bread do you have?” he asked. “Go and find out.” They came back and reported, “We have five loaves of bread and two fish’ Mark 6:38.
After focusing on God and not the problem, the next thing we need to do to prepare for a miracle is to assess what I already have to work with. Jesus puts it this way ‘Go and find out’. For a lot of us Jesus is saying bring the donkey, I need the donkey. And we are asking what donkey, where is the donkey? The disciples probably had the same question on their minds. But before they could ask, Jesus said ‘go and find out’. What is before you? The next thing you need to do is find out what we have. Don’t be quick to say nothing, Read the rest of this entry
Calvary
‘As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died’ Gal.6:14.
As Christians it would be wrong for us to continue to do the wrong things knowing fully well that it is sin in God’s sight. I am not saying that Christians are not able to do wrong. Christians go through different phases of growth until we are in the image of Christ Jesus. But a Christian cannot continue to do wrong. We have the seed of God. In two different situations I have witnessed a pig in mud Read the rest of this entry
