17 MAY : TOPIC: THE PATHWAY TO ACCESSING LIGHT

SCRIPTURE: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Isaiah 60:1

The Countenance of the Lord carries light; the way of light is the way of His Presence.
Light is powerful. And one power of light is the power of direction. Light gives direction. Light shows you which way to go in life.

For example, when you find yourself in a thick dark jungle and you don’t know where to go, all you need to see is light, and then you will know which way to go. So, the power of light is the power of direction.

Psalm 119:105 says,
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
You see, when the eyes are unable to receive light, they say the person is blind. A blind person can’t move as he wants because he doesn’t have direction.
But when light comes, direction is made available.

Now, what is the way of light?

1. It is the way of the Word.
   Psalm 119:130 says,
   The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
   The Word of God is the gateway to the world of light. While studying the Word, we can ask God to open our eyes to see light we haven’t seen before.
2. It is the way of His Presence.
   God Himself is light.

Psalm 89:15 says,
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
The Countenance of the Lord carries light; the way of light is the way of His Presence.

My counsel is, go for His Word, and go for His Presence. Then you shall come to the point where you will see light for distinction, restoration, illumination, revelation and direction.
Beloved, Make up your mind to go for the Word and His Presence to access Light.
Spend time with God at the place of prayer to access the light of His Countenance.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for the provision of Your light that dispels darkness. I receive the grace to spend time with the Word and in Your Presence, so I can be lighted, in Jesus’ Name.

16 MAY : SCRIPTURAL REVELATIONS THAT POWER DIVINE HEALTH

SCRIPTURE: And I went up by revelation,
Gal 2:2

One of the greatest assets of a child of God is access to light, insight and revelation. Just as Satan keeps people down in bondage by ignorance, God lift people up by revelations (Galatians 2:2). And one of such revelations that lift people up in life is the revelation of the basis for divine health.

To know the reason why you should live and walk in divine health is to live and walk in divine health.

On the Other hand, to be ignorant of your scriptural basis for living or walking in divine health is to be perpetually sick. That will not be your portion in Jesus’ Name.

Now, let me give you four Scriptural insights why you must live perpetually in Divine Health.

i. Man’s Creation in God’s Image. (Gen. 1:26)
You are created in the Image of the sickless God, so you are not permitted to be sick.

ii. God’s Provision through the Abrahamic Covenant (Gal. 3:13-18).

God’s provision for us through the Abrahamic covenant guarantees divine health.
iii. Christ’s Sacrifice and Death at Calvary (Isaiah 53:4-5)

By His stripes, we have been healed, so we cannot be sick.

iv. The Saint’s Membership (or Oneness) With the Body of Christ. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:4-6)

You are a member of the Body of Christ; and if Christ cannot be sick, you, being a member of His Body cannot be sick.

This means, whenever the devil tells you that you are not expected to be in health, let him know that God created you in His Image, and God’s Image is characterised by sicklessness, wearilessness, wholeness and vitality.
Let that devil know also that you are a child or seed of Abraham who has the Arahamic covenant packaged with divine health and longevity. Let him know that Christ took away your sickness on the Cross of Calvary.

And finally, let the devil know that you are a member of the Body of Christ, and that alone qualifies you to live in divine health permanently, because Christ is not sick, and so, no part or member of His Body is permitted to be sick.

Therefore, Ask God to open your eyes to see His Word in a deeper dimension.
Believe God’s provisions for Divine Health in Scriptures and refuse to be sick.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for Your Word to me today. I receive the grace and help to believe Your Word and live in divine health permanently, in Jesus’ Name.

15 MAY : RESTORATION AND ILLUMINATION BY LIGHT

SCRIPTURE: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:1.

In our previous study, we saw the power of light. We saw that light makes people stand out in life. The power of light is the power of distinction.

In our study today, we shall further explore the power of light.

1. The power of restoration.
   The power of light is the power of restoration. Missing things are locatable by light. What is lost can be found where light is available.
   Luke 15:8 says,
   Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
   The woman in this Scripture lost her coin. But when she lit her candle and swept her house, she found the lost coin. So, the power of light is the power of restoration. Light restores.
   Whether it is light from the Scripture or light from revelation, if you follow light, you can locate what is lost or missing.
2. The power of illumination.
   The Power of light is the power of illumination. It is the power to handle darkness
   John 1:5 says,
   And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
   The forces of darkness bow to the power of light – be it the darkness of occult, witchcraft, disease, or affliction; they bow to light.
3. The power of revelation.
   Also, the power of light is the power of revelation.
   Isaiah 9:8 says,
   The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
   Word equals light; and light equals word. Revelation causes you to see something you never saw before.
   By all means, deal with every trace of ignorance in your life. Pay the price to acquire light so your life and destiny can experience restoration, illumination and revelation.
   Make up your mind to access restoration, illumination and revelation through the power of light.
   Ask God to open your eyes and heart to see greater dimensions of light.

PRAYER: Lord, I ask for the grace to access restoration, illumination and revelation through the power of light. Open my eyes and heart to access greater dimensions of light, in Jesus’ Name.

14 MAY : DEFINING CURSES

SCRIPTURE: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:13.

The Scripture makes it clear that one thing God gave to man at the beginning of creation was the Blessing (Gen. 1:26). That shows that it is not the Will of God for His children to operate under a curse.

The question is, what is a curse and how does it operate?
Curses are negative decrees, verdicts or pronouncements that limit, disempower or destroy the lives and destinies of its recipients.

When we say a curse is at work in a person’s life, it means there is a verdict, a decree, a pronouncement that is limiting or disempowering that person’s life. Curses disempower their victims; curses destroy the lives and destinies of their victims.

You must understand that curses, most times, are products of evil covenants or transactions. Curses can come either deliberately by evil covenants and transactions. They can also come unwittingly.

Someone may make negative comments on another person without having the intention to destroy anyone. He may just make some careless pronouncements and these pronouncements become binding curses on the lives of people. The people that make this kind of pronouncements are majorly authority figures like one’s biological parents or spiritual persons.

But I decree in the Name that is above every name, Jesus Christ the resurrected Lord, every negative verdict, decree, or pronouncement that has been fighting your life and destiny are nullified and neutralized now.

I decree that no curse, negative decree, verdict or pronouncement shall limit, disempower or destroy your life and destiny, in Jesus’ Name.

I release the Blessing of the Lord upon your life to overturn every curse, negative verdict and pronouncement working against you, in Jesus’ Name.

Make demands on the finished Work of Calvary to deal with every curse and covenant in your life and family.

PRAYER: Thank You LORD for Your Word to me to today. I make demands on the Blood of Jesus to wipe out every curse and covenant running through my life and family, in Jesus’ Name.

13TH MAY : BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF ANCIENT FOUNDATIONS AND HIDDEN CURSES

SCRIPTURE: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians 3:13.

It has been confirmed that one of the things that limits lives and destinies is evil foundations and hidden unbroken curses. Curses are negative decrees, verdicts or pronouncements that limit, disempower or destroy the lives and destinies of its recipients.

Now, let me give you biblical examples of evil foundations and hidden unbroken curses.

1. The human race through Adam and Eve.
   Adam and Eve had a transaction with the devil and that transaction established humanity on a foundation of gloom, doom and death.
   God told Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit (Gen. 2:16-17). But Adam disobeyed God and ate the fruit, and that established a curse on Adam and the whole human race (Gen. 3:14-19).
   That was the foundation of gloom, doom, hardship and death that Adam brought upon humanity. But thank God for Jesus Christ who, on the Cross of Calvary, reversed the curse that Adam brought on us.
2. The Lineage of Terah, Abraham’s father.
   There seemed to be a foundation in Terah’s family that led to a hidden curse (Gen. 11:29-32). In Hebrew, the meaning of the name, Terah, is delay and stagnation. There was something about the beginning, situation and foundation of Terah’s life that had something to do with delay.
   So, Terah equals delay and stagnation; it means failure to achieve things on time. The delay began with Terah himself. He had a call to move to Canaan but he came to the land of Haran and dwelt there. Instead of reaching the place of his destiny, he remained in Haran and died there (Genesis 11:30-31).
   In that place, he gave birth to his three sons of whom one is called Nahor. Nahor means snoring or the one who snores. And you know that sleep is the mother of delay in life. Nahor lived without achieving anything with his life.

Today, I decree that every curse or evil foundation in your life is uprooted, in Jesus’ Name.

Beloved, Make demand on the finished Work on the Cross and the Blood of Jesus Christ to neutralize every evil foundation and curse on your life and family.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for Your Word to me today. I make demands on the Altar and Sacrifice at Calvary to neutralize every evil foundation and curse on my life and family Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

12 MAY : THE POWER OF LIGHT

SCRIPTURE: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 60:1

It has been established that light powers life. Indeed, light practically powers life.

John 1:4 says,
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
This shows that light practically powers life. The availability of light affects the existence and quality of life.

If you compare the underdeveloped countries of this world, where you have epileptic power supply, to the developed countries, where there is uninterrupted power supply, you would realize that the difference in life’s quality is availability of light. Light powers life.

It has been said that the sun is at the exact position it should be to the earth. If you move the sun a little further away from its present position, the whole creation will freeze to death.

Creation needs the sunlight to function properly. For example, lizards acquire energy from sunlight to move in the morning; eagles need sunlight to receive strength, plants receive energy in the form of sunlight to manufacture their food in the process called photosynthesis.

In our study today, I would like to itemize one point on the power of light.

It is the power of distinction.
The power of light is the power of distinction.

Isaiah 60:1 says,
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Things stand out with light. And it is possible for things to die out without light. So, the power of light is the power of distinction.

My counsel is, go for light, inspiration or revelation from the Scripture so you can stand out in your generation.

Be determined to stand out with light to impact your generation.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for showing me the power of light. I ask for the grace to access greater dimension of light so I can stand out, and impact my generation, in Jesus’ Na

11 MAY : UNDERSTANDING FOUNDATIONS

SCRIPTURE: And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Isaiah 51:16

In our previous study, we saw that foundations play critical roles in life and destiny. We saw that most times, the challenges we face later in life are products of faulty foundations.

In our study today, we shall attempt to define foundation.

Now, what is a foundation?

1. Foundation refers to the origin, beginning underlying basis, or principle of a thing or structure.
   The origin, beginning, or the underlying basis of a thing is its foundation.
2. Foundation refers to the force or forces that determine the existence and future of a structure or system.
   The force that determines the future and existence of a structure or system is its foundation.

You may have seen a situation where members of some families never get married, or if they get married at all, the marriages fail. There are also situations where people rise to a level in life but crash, or families where people never live to a certain age before being cut off by premature death, etc. All these are signs of faulty foundations.

So, foundation also determines the quality of life and destiny.
Now, evil foundations are evil or negative forces that are at the origin or root of families. They occasion negative events in the future life of those families. And these evil foundations are usually the product of demonic covenants and transactions.

Today, I decree, by the apostolic and prophetic mantle of fire on my life, the collapse of every evil foundation of your life and family that has been fighting your destiny and those of your family members, in Jesus’ Name.

Find out the evil foundation, or patterns around your life and family and deal with them.
Connect to a higher mantle to deal with every evil foundation in your life and family.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for making me to understand what evil foundations are. I decree the collapse of every evil foundation and negative pattern around my life and family, in Jesus’ Name.

10 MAY : ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF GOD THROUGH PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17

The Scripture admonishes us to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). And you know, one thing you do without ceasing is breathing. This implies that we are expected to pray as we breathe. Prayer should be our spiritual breath.

Now, one benefit of prayer is the establishment of the Rule and Reign of God on earth (Matthew 6:10).

What then will the establishment of the Rule and Reign of God achieve at the place of prayer?

1. It is the establishment of the climate and condition of heaven on earth.
   Prayer establishes the climate or condition of heaven on earth. Prayer can make a person’s life to be like heaven on earth. Deuteronomy 11:20-21 says;
   And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Heaven-on-earth experience for a person, family, and nation can happen through the altar of prayer.

2. It is the fulfilment of the purpose of God in the earth.
   At the place of prayer, we establish the Rule of God on earth. Also, at the place of prayer, we fulfil God’s Purpose on the earth.

At the place of prayer, we make God do what He wants to do the way He wants to do it.

Psalm 89:34 says;
My covenant will I not break nor alter the things that have gone out of my lip.

It is at the place of prayer that Psalm 89:34 happens in your life. The place of prayer is where what God’s purposed is enforced to happen.

My counsel is, ensure your prayer life is on fire. Refuse to live a prayerless life.
Always ask God for the grace and discipline to maintain constant prayer fire.

PRAYER: Lord, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for the grace to establish Your Rule and Reign on earth by prayer, in Jesus’ Name.

09 MAY : THE IMPACT OF FOUNDATIONS ON DESTINY

SCRIPTURE: And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Isaiah 51:16

It has been established that foundations play critical roles in life and destiny. Just as a building cannot stand if the foundation is poorly laid or faulty, a life or destiny cannot be fulfilled until the foundation is properly addressed. Your foundation affects your destiny.

Now, I want you to take note of the following points concerning foundation:

i. The foundation of every structure determines the future of the structure.
The foundation of a structure determines the future of the structure.

ii. The solidity of a foundation determines the integrity of the structure.
Architect would always tell us that the solidity of a foundation determines structural integrity and the destiny of the entire construction.

iii. Fault in the foundation equals failure or disaster in the construction.
You see, a whole structure can collapse because of a fault in the foundation. A fault in the foundation equals failure or disaster in the construction, either immediately or eventually.
Many years ago, I read about a fault in the foundation of a building that occasioned a crack on the twelfth floor of the building many years later.

You see, the challenge was in the foundation but the crack was on the twelfth floor.

There are many people that suddenly began to experience certain challenges in their lives. Those challenges were not there before and you begin to wonder where they came from. Most times, they are traceable to such people’s foundations.
Most times, the challenges we see later in life are products of faulty foundations.

My counsel is, make up your mind to address your foundation at the place of prayer.

Make up your mind to address your destiny foundation in order to have a colourful destiny.

PRAYER: Thank You Lord for showing me the place of foundation in destiny. I ask that You shake my foundation and reposition my life and destiny for greater exploits, in Jesus’ Name.

08 MAY : REDEEMING TIME FOR DESTINY REALIZATION

SCRIPTURE: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:16

Previously, we saw that valuing your time is key to maximizing value for your life and destiny.

It is very important to note that even though God has a plan for your life, if you waste your time, you cannot fulfil your destiny.

Ephesians 5:13-16 says,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Therefore, it is very important to do something useful with your time. If you must maximize your life, you must maximize or redeem your time.

Redeem your time. Do not delay in taking the right actions. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well and urgently. You need a sense of urgency to fulfil destiny.

You must remember that you are not rehearsing for another life; you are living the life now. There is spare tyre but there is no spare life. If you waste your life, it is wasted forever.

Please wake up and do the right thing. Take responsibility and maximize your time. Refuse to spend your time in the unprofitable ventures of life. Use your time on important things, things that matter, both in time and in eternity.

You can decide that, “From this moment forward, I will make profitable use of my time. I will be attentive in church services and do what the pastor says. I will study the Word like never before, and put quality spiritual diet into my spirit.”

You know, there are people who don’t feed spiritually at all. Most people feed on junk, things that add nothing to their lives and spirits. They spend their time watching rubbish and garbage such as immoral movies.

Beloved, make up your mind not to waste your life like that. Redeem your time for the days are evil. The days are short!
Refuse to waste your time with unprofitable activities.
Use your time to feed on the Word of God and engage in other profitable activities.

PRAYER: Father, deliver me from the spell of time wastage. Help me to use my allotted time on earth profitably, in Jesus’ Name.