MAN SHALL LIVE. BY THE WORD

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Matthew 4:4 ” But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”.

When Satan came, tempting the Lord He replied with the word of God.

What would He have done if He knew not the word of God? Too many Christians are held captives by so many schemes of the devil because they do not have the right answers for the devil. Satan may attack one’s morals, finances, commitment to the work of God, health, and many more. The Christian must not be defeated in any of these cases. A lot of Christians have become failure-minded such that, they accept the saying “to err is human”. This mindset makes them easily give in to the advances of the devil.

Please child of God you are born an overcomer. 1st John 5:4 ” For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world even our faith”. You have been born an overcomer and must not accept any defeatist mentality, No! Get to know the truth, for the weapon of the enemy is lies. John 8:32 says “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”. How can one know the truth if he or she does not take time to study and meditate on the scriptures? 2nd Timothy 2:15 instructs us as follows “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”. The word “study” also means be “diligent “. It means do your best to show yourself approved unto God, right dividing the word of truth.

When you can rightly divide or apply the word you would have a ready answer for the devil whenever he shows up. The Lord Jesus was never found wanting when He was tempted, He spoke out the sword of the spirit, and the devil was cut to pieces.

Use the sword of the spirit rightly all the time and you would never be found wanting.

CONFESSION

The word of God is forever in my heart and on my lips, ready for any eventuality that shows up. By the word Satan and his demons are always cut into size.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Joshua 1:8 ” This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success”.

Ephesians 6:17 “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”:

STAY WITH THE WORD 2

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Acts 4:19 ” But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye”.

Apostle Peter and John were arrested by the religious leaders for healing a lame man. They asked them (Peter and John) not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus. Our key scripture reveals the answer they gave them; “But Peter and John answered and said unto them, whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye”. These men decided to commit or stay faithful to the word of God.
Life circumstances may bring our way many situations that put a lot of pressure on us, to choose to do what may please us. We must always choose to do what God has said. God and his word are one commitment to His word is a commitment to Him. We may be tempted to relate to others according to how they treat us, yet the word says, “We must forgive one another and be kind towards one another.” Romans 12:21 reads “Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good”.

We can not walk with God and continue to live by our flesh. To be fleshly minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:6). It is a big irony to have a nation like Ghana as a Christian nation, yet a number of the public officers demand bribes before they would get their services executed. Contract fees are not paid promptly because these officers demand money before they make payments. Most of these officers are supposed to be Christians. No wonder it is claimed there is so much hardship. Such people have put the fleshly gains ahead of the word of God. This thing gets serious when pastors use all kinds of means to extort money from the congregation. Many organize programs with an agenda to make money. Remember what 1st Timothy 6:10 says “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some converted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows”.

The flesh must never be allowed to rule and dominate us. Our commitment is to what God says, not what would make us feel comfortable at the expense of our spouses, and neighbors. And what have you?

The Christian is the salt of the earth. Salt must dissolve, that is, lose its state, so it could be beneficial to others. We are primarily givers, not takers. This is what God’s word demands of us.

PRAYER

O Father help the church to understand our role on the earth, to be the light that we are. Let your children esteem your word above all gains.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Philippians 2:15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, amid a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;”

Philippians 3:18-19 ” (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)”

STAY WITH THE WORD

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KEY SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 1:23 ” Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.”

All Christians are born again by the word of God. According to our key scripture, God’s word is an incorruptible seed.

Every creature has its habitat. Plants survive on the land because they are products of the land. The fish stays in the water because that is where it came from. James 1:18 reads “Of his will begat he us with the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures”. We have been begotten by the word of God. The word is a natural habitat. We are not products of reason and the senses.

It is a great temptation for several Christians to turn to the senses or reason. The senses comprise sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste. These have become the normal sphere of acknowledgment for many Christians. It is wrong. The Bible says the just or the righteous ones would live by faith. (Romans 1:17). 2nd Corinthians 5:7 also reminds us that we walk by faith and not by sight”. The child of God must commit himself to the word of God. There is no victory for us if we allow nature to control us.

We as humans live in a natural world. There are a lot of things that come to us by virtue of the natural world. Things that have to do with purely our day-to-day natural world must be related to that plain. If the condition or event contradicts what the Bible says, then we must move away from the natural order of events to the word of God. In many of these cases, committing to the word may seem unreasonable, yet your outcome will be victorious.

When Daniel in the Bible was told that the King had made an irreversible decree that no one should ask anything from anyone for thirty days. Daniel decided to stay with the word. Doing that meant he would be thrown into a Lion’s den, yet he chose to do so. Daniel was committed to the word of God. He was tried and cast into the Lion’s den, yet the word prevailed. Daniel was not destroyed. Daniel 6.

Stay committed to the word of God.

CONFESSION

God’s word reigns supreme in the realm of the spirit. I believe in the word, irrespective of what I see feel, or hear. I reign in life because I am committed to the word.

FURTHER STUDIES

Acts 20:32 “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which can build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.”

2 Corinthians 4:18. “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are  eternal

A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

What is attitude?

The advanced learner’s dictionary defines attitude as ‘ A complex mental state involving beliefs feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways. Your ultimate impact in life depends on your attitude. Applying the scriptures gives one the best attitudes to life. Winners in various aspects of life are people with strong positive attitudes about life.

In our key scripture, Apostle Paul says that because Christ lives in him, he can do all things through Christ, which strengthens him. Anyone with this understanding can’t be a failure. You approach life with a winning attitude… “Mark 9:23 says,” All things are possible to him that believes. What is the challenge that appears impossible? ” The scripture says if you can believe in the Lord, nothing will be impossible to you. How wonderful to have that inner assurance that you can do, get, or achieve everything you face.

Fear is a negative attitude that has robbed many people of achieving so much. The Bible continually tells us never to be afraid. The scriptures, if allowed to dominate us, would take away fear from us.

There is nothing too big for the child of God to achieve or overcome. The greater one lives in you. Ephesians 2:10 reveals that we are the workmanship of God created in Christ Jesus unto good works. Anyone who comes to terms with this statement would become unstoppable. To know that you are specially designed by God, made out of Jesus, only to produce good things. Such a man knows that, since He is God’s handiwork, he is an outright success going somewhere to happen. He would not give in to mediocre ideas but understands that his makeup should only produce the best. Such a person would stand out as unique in everything. The word of God indeed builds a very positive attitude in people. Colossians 3:23 says “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as untò the Lord and not unto men”.

A child of God with this knowledge approaches his work or assignments not as working for men but as a way to please God who behold all that he does.

Feed your heart with the word, and you will stand out as a success in all you do.

CONFESSION

God’s word creates and builds the best attitude any man could have. My life experiences are therefore very glorious because I apply God’s word to all I do.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Hebrews 13:5. Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

1 John 4:4 ” Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”.

TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD

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KEY SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 1:20 ” For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us”.

The Bible is the word of God. 2nd Timothy 3:16 says “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto every good work”. The words of scripture proceed from the Spirit of God.

You would have a glorious life if you would take scripture as God speaking to you. Take God at His word. Every instruction, promise, counsel, or teaching of scripture proceeds from the Spirit of God. It has His approval and would honor His word if you would take the scriptures as such. The Lord said to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:12 “Then said the Lord unto me, thou has well seen. For I will hasten my word to perform it”. This is God’s solemn promise. He watches over or would hasten His word to perform it.

Many Christians are living only religious lives because they approach the scriptures as a religious book. It has become a tradition for many people. They see it as a system of practices or beliefs which have been passed on to them. . They do not consider it as God speaking to them. The Lord said in Mark 7:13 that Jews by their traditions have made the word of God of non-effect.

Please listen to this statement carefully THE WORSE THING ANY MAN AND FOR THAT MATTER A CHRISTIAN COULD DO TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF, IS TO TREAT THE BIBLE AS AN ORDINARY BOOK.

The word of God is the thoughts of God expressed in written form. They are an expression of what He would do. The word is God, is God Himself, (John 1:1). A man who is filled with the word and believes it absolutely as God’s word is a very powerful man. Stephen was described as a man full of faith and power because he was filled with the word and he believed it was God’s word.

Take God at His word. Act on it as if God spoke it to you from His lips. This would place in you a very positive attitude about life. God’s word is the most positive source of information a man can have. The basic problem with most people is a wrong attitude about life. This is corrected when you take God at His word.

CONFESSION

I take every scripture as God speaking to me. I know God is in His word to fulfill whatever He has said. I have a glorious life because I believe everything God says.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged 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”.

Numbers 23:19 ” God is not a man that he should lie; neither the son of man that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make

TOTAL COMMITMENT

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Romans 12:1 ” I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

A life committed to the Lord is the safest way to live. Our key scripture says it is our reasonable service. This implies that every other way is unreasonable. When the Israelites were leaving Egypt, King Pharaoh suggested the children of Israel. Exodus 10:24 “And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said, go ye serve the Lord, only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you”. Pharaoh’s request is one of the biggest strategies of Satan. He tells you to serve God, yet for one Sunday in the month, just stay at home and rest. Serve God with all you have, but keep your money and don’t make sacrifices unto God. He may ask you to serve the Lord but just keep the worldly music or maybe some “x” films. (X-rated films are pornographic films). Satan says to serve God but leave something small for him.

Please listen to Moses’ answer to King Pharaoh. Exodus 10:26 “Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind, for thereof must we take to serve the Lord….”. Dear child of God, let God have everything. Anything left for the devil leaves you in bondage to satan Everything given to God is your deliverance or your real freedom. The call of God is purely for our deliverance and liberty. Give everything over to the Lord. This is the most secure way to live. The Lord Jesus explained this in Matthew 16:25 this way “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it”. Don’t be wiser than the master. The man who fails to commit his whole life totally unto the Lord would lose it, although he may be attempting to secure it.

Satan is an enemy of all men. He is like a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour. Who are those he may or can devour? Those who have decided not to yield their whole being to the Lord Jesus. Such a person has no shepherd over his soul. The enemy has the cheapest task to pounce on such a person and tear him or her apart. The Holy Spirit begs us in the key scripture to give ourselves totally to Him.

CONFESSION

Thank you, Heavenly Father, for the opportunity to be yielded to you. My life is perfectly secured, and no devil can make a mess of me because the Lord is my shepherd.

THOUGHT: WHEN JESUS HAS YOUR EVERYTHING, THEN ARE YOU FREE INDEED

FURTHER STUDIES.

Psalms 23:1. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

John 12:24 ” Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it dies, it bringeth forth much fruit”.

RELATE TO GOD AS BABIES

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Matthew 11:25 “At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.”

Babies are the kind of people most of us would not want to become again. The Lord says in our key scripture that God hides the mysteries of the kingdom from the prudent but reveals them to little children or babies. The kingdom of God, according to the Lord Jesus, is for those who would be like babies. (Matt 19:14)A baby in the hand of his or her mother is the most stress-free person on the earth. He does not think about what to eat, his health is not a bother to him, and when he is in the arms of the mother he does not consider whether the mother would be able to carry him or not. The baby will sleep, taking no thought about anything. They always enjoy the best care and provision given to them.

God wants all his children to be like babies in His hands. The thoughts and ways of God are far and beyond man’s ways (Isaiah 55:9-10). The Bible reveals that God takes the things that are weak and those that are not to confound the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27). The prudent or the wise of this world can not relate with and enjoy God.

In our day-to-day lives, we just decide to be a baby in the arms of God. Allow the Holy Spirit to provide your daily needs as you trust and depend on him. King David said,’ The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want.’ Do you have any peculiar challenges? No condition comes along with worry or fear. Worry, fear, or stress are always reactions of people to the situations they face. Don’t allow it to be like a mountain before you. Babies believe their parents are too capable to handle any situation. ( Well in fact babies do not reason as I’m trying to say, yet symbolically their actions reveal that they fully trust the strength, and wisdom of their parents to see them through).

Dear brother or sister, decide to live a stress-free life, enjoying your moments in the comfort of the father’s mighty hands. There is nothing you cannot have. There is no protection you cannot enjoy and there is no answer to prayer you would not have if you would become a baby in God’s hands. He has consistently proven to be a very reliable father. Our greatest barrier to enjoying Him is our natural reasoning How can we overcome our instincts to reason up God’s ways? Anytime your mind starts analyzing God’s ways please speak to your mind to stop and align with God’s way, tell yourself that reasoning would take you away from God’s way. (Note I am only talking about being stress-free).

CONFESSION

I trust my life into God’s hands as a baby does. I have no worries or fears of any form. I rest fully in Him.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Hebrews 4:2 ” For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.”

Mark 2:8. “And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?”

THE FAST GOD ACCEPTS

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KEY SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 58:6 “Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To lose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?”

In the past few days, we have been looking at encountering the power of God to project God’s work. We saw that fasting and prayer can usher one into the great power of God.

The book of Isaiah chapter 58 (please read all the chapters) was solely devoted to the teaching of fasting having an acceptable fast. In that book, the prophet wrote in verse 3 the following “Wherefore have we fasted say they, and thou seest not?” Wherefore have we afflicted our soul and thou takest no knowledge? Behold in the day of your fast ye find pleasure and exact all your labours”. This was the complaint of God about the wrong ways they fasted

A close study of Isaiah 58 teaches that true fasting does not only involve forsaking your food and doing every other thing as you please. In that chapter, the Holy Spirit said, “People fast, yet they keep the strive and division that exist between them and their neighbours.” It is a big irony to see a husband and wife at longer heads, yet they are all fasting. Some fast yet would not show any kindness to neighbours who are in need. Isaiah 58:4 reads “Behold ye fast for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high”.

Fasting is not complete without a kind consideration of the second party. It must be done on God’s terms. Our key scripture shows us that our fast should not only be focused on ourselves but also consider the consideration of those who are in bondage. As we pray for our needs, we must consider those who are in various needs to pray and intercede for them also. True fasting is not a selfish venture. It always seeks the good and deliverance of others. When fasting is done this way, the Lord says in Isaiah 58:10 “And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy darkness be as the noonday”.

Do good to others during the period of your fast. Do it in kind or through prayer.

PRAYER

Father, thank you for the revelation of your word. Help all Christians who fast to do it on your terms, not on our terms. This I pray in Jesus’ name.

FURTHER STUDIES.

Isaiah 58:7 “Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?”

Isaiah 58:8 ” Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rear reward

FASTING FOR DAYS WITHOUT EATING

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KEY SCRIPTURE: 2Co 11:27 KJV In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

Fasting is an abstinence from food, so one can focus on God and His word. Some have fruit fast, that is they take fruit during the course of the fast. They may take it at certain intervals of the day or when they break their fast in the evening. Most people fast till evening and break at 6 pm or 5 pm. Note that fasting in itself is a prayer. It is normally a desire for something that drives people into fasting. Prayer is also an expression of your desire. Fasting is a way of strengthening your desire. The intensity of your fast influences the intensity of your desire that also lays hold on the answer.

One may decide to fast, or it may be inspired by the Holy Ghost. Joel 2:15 KJV Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, and call a solemn assembly:( Fasting does not change God, yet it changes us to relate well towards God to receive from Him.) There is group fasting which is mostly an act or decision from the Spirit or from the leader of the group. Note this, fasting overnight for days intensifies one’s desire for answers than daily fasts that are broken in the evenings. A fast is made useless if one fast for strife (Isaiah 58:4). This is the kind of fast one does in competition with another individual. It is not unto God, so it is a useless one. When abstaining from food becomes the project rather than the desire to see a change or transformation of some kind, then that fast is a fleshly pursuit that has no benefit. Fasting is a means to see a change, not an act, to justify one’s abilities.

In our previous study, we saw that most servants of God who were mightily used by God went through long fasting without eating for days.

Let’s consider the science of undergoing a longer fast to help us alleviate our fears of going on such a long fast.

When fasting for several days, understand you will be feeling weak in your body for the first four days. You may be feeling hungry. Please note that the feeling of hunger is not real hunger, but it is just a release of hunger hormones doing their usual job when you are eating. The moment the fast persists after four days, the body ceases to release those hormones because the body does not respond to eating. The weakness will also stop, and you may be feeling very energetic. As the fast progresses, the body’s weakness may come back yet do not yield to it. The body feeds on stored carbohydrates (glycogen) for the first 24 hours and resorts to feeding on the fat stored in the body. (It is this process of the consumption of body fat that makes fasting correct certain ailments like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, preventing stroke and other degenerative diseases), Real hunger comes after the body fat has been depleted, which normally occurs after so many days, depending on the amount of stored body fat. Most people’s body fat may be depleted after 40 days. This means several people can go on a long fast without food for many days, yet take water. It is most advisable to seek a doctor’s advice if you are underweight. ( people with kidney diseases may not go on a long fast) During your fast your urine colour will change to almost brown: please don’t be worried about it. The body at this stage is only giving out lots of toxins stored in it over a long period. You must not exert yourself during the period of the fast, although you can get engaged in your normal office activities, even teaching, if your work is to teach. It is not advisable to exert yourself by playing football or a high-energy-consuming task.

The important aspect of your fast as a Christian is to give attention to Bible reading, prayer, and meditation. Don’t get yourself involved in unscriptural activities, like watching certain films, chats, etc. You may listen to the preaching of God’s word. The next thing to consider is how to break your fast. Do not rush to break a long fast with strong or solid food. Don’t break your fast with processed products or foods. You may go for soft fruits like pawpaw, etc. Avoid soup with pepper on the first day of breaking the fast. You may continue this way on the second day, after which you can take some cooked stuff, but not so strong stuff. By the fourth day, you are ready to take most meals.

PRAYER

I pray heavenly Father and receive strength to fast for various changes to take place in the lives of others and my life as well. I have received strength to rule over my flesh to do as I want to God’s glory. Thank you, Father, for the great outpouring of your power to revive many lives. In Jesus’ name, I’ve prayed.

FURTHER STUDIES

Psalms 109:24 KJV My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Matthew 4:2 KJV” And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungered”.

DEMONSTRATING THE POWER OF GOD 2

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KEY SCRIPTURE:2Co 11:2″7 KJV In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.”

In the above key scripture, apostle Paul reveals the difficulties, challenges and sacrifices that he had to go through or endure in order to be more effective in his service of the Lord or to maintain his faith against diverse oppositions.

He talked about hunger and fasting. Hunger is a moment when one wishes to eat, yet because there is no available food one stays hungry. fasting is rather the opposite. In fasting, food may be available yet one chooses not to eat in order to seek the face of God in prayer and the meditation on God’s word. Fasting is therefore a sacrifice in which one humbles his soul before God for a more effective service. We see throughout the scriptures that all the servants of God who were very effective in the hands of God fasted. Apostle Paul was greatly used by the Spirit of God in the demonstration of the power of GodAct 19:11 KJV “And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:”
He said in our key scripture that he fasted often.

In our previous study, we said God uses vessels that are dead to themselves. Remember God’s fire would come only if there is blood of sacrifice on the mercy seat. Fasting is a form of sacrificing or slaying one’s life for the Lord.

Now let’s consider some men and women of God who were powerfully used by the Lord in their days.

Charles G Finney was an American Presbyterian minister ( 1792-1875) ŵas mightily used by God. This man would fast for three days without food and water before visiting a city to preach there. Even before reaching the city a wave of conviction of sin and subsequent repentance would fall on the people. There were instances when people would be slain under the power of the Spirit even before he met them.

Evangelist T L Osborne after his failed .mission to India came back home to America and started seeking the Lord in days and weeks of fasting. The Lord Jesus appeared physically to him and mandated him to go and manifest God’s healing grace to his generation. He started holding mass meetings with great signs and wonders in over seventy nations across the globe.

Kathryn Kuhlman, a woman who dedicated herself unto the Lord was powerfully used by the Lord in diverse healing of all kinds of diseases. She made a comment to Dr Myles Munroe that it is all about fasting and prayer. This woman of God would be ministering and she would just levitate and be suspended in the air after some moments.

Evangelist A A Allen who encountered the resurrected Jesus in a time of fasting and prayer was told by the Lord that a servant is not greater than the master, and that to experience the ways of the master, the servant must go the way of the master. This man of God fasted forty days on the water without food on a number of occasions and was powerfully used by the Lord to deliver men from all kinds of medically incurable cases.

Apostle Joseph Babalola of Christ Apostolic Church in Nigeria fasted forty days on water on a number of occasions. There was an occasion when he had to stop praying directly for the sick because there were too many. He found a river, prayed over it, and everyone who was sick just had to enter or fetch some to drink, and they were all healed. There was an occasion in which he felt thirsty but could find no water body to get some He had to hit a rock with his palm like Moses did and water gashed out for him to drink.

There are countless men and women who are living in our times manifesting God’s great miracle power because they fasted RIGHTLY.

Please remember that it is not just the act of fasting and prayer that ushers one into God’s power but a decision to honour God with your life.

THOUGHT: IF YOU WOULD SEEK THE LORD, YOU WOULD ENCOUNTER HIM.

FURTHER STUDIES

Luk 4:14 KJV” And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.”

Mat 7:7 KJV Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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