Be still and know that I am God.

“Be still and know that I am God”. These are the words I heard the Lord speak to me last week during a time of worship. I obeyed Him and immediately I felt calm. I was surprised because prior to that moment, I was not aware that there was no calmness in my soul. The following day, there was a word of knowledge from a colleague of mine. This word was spoken generally to the class but I knew that the Lord was speaking directly to me. He said, “God wants you to stop holding on to things but release everything to Him”.

I knew immediately that God was confirming what he had told me the day before. The third day in class, the summary of the lesson was “waiting upon God”. My heart was full with joy because for three days in a row, the Lord had been ministering to me and was saying the same thing in different ways. Since then, I have had a change in perception, stopped struggling but instead started learning to trust Him.

Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”.

After a time of worship or prayer, it is good to be quiet and wait before the Lord. This is the time to receive from Him. Waiting upon God makes it easier for you to live by the life of Christ within you and not by your carnal nature. You stop holding on to things but rather hand them over to the Lord and allow him to be in charge. Relax; be assured that the everlasting hands of God are holding you and nothing can pluck you out of His hands. Every task ahead of you might look like mighty waters that want to drown you but learn to rest in him.

Paul the apostle lived a life of total dependence on Christ. He saw himself as crucified in Him and so it was Christ living through him. Whatever the faith of Christ can accomplish, you also can accomplish once you allow Him to live through you.

Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me”.

When you wait upon God, your spiritual ears become more sensitive to God. Your spiritual sight becomes sharp just like the eyes of an eagle. You have the divine enablement to achieve more within a shorter time because it is now the Lord working through you. Your feeble knees are strengthened and your hands receive strength.

Isaiah 40:31: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”.

The time spent waiting upon the Lord must not be passive. You can spend it meditating on the word of God. You can also soak in his presence whilst listening to Christian worship. In the last few days, I have been receiving more revelation from God and more understanding of His word. Your body is the temple of the living God. He is the owner and occupier. Stop being and let Him be. He wants to reveal himself and be exalted through you. Will you allow Him?

Enjoy the blessings of God.

The Gospel sets you Free.

The gospel can be defined as the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This accomplishment has brought freedom to mankind.

Whenever the gospel is mentioned, most people usually think it’s simply about evangelism and winning the lost to Christ. However, the gospel is for everybody whether saved or unsaved. You start your Christian life with the gospel and continue in the gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; by which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures”

There is no other way that man can be saved except through the gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ is pregnant with the power of God. This is the only power that sets man free from the works of the devil. This power can only be released when you have faith in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 1:16 - “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek”.

I will define salvation as liberation from everything that cannot be found in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is God’s domain. In the kingdom of God, there is no sin, sickness, lack, sorrow, rejection, depression, hatred, bitterness, condemnation, struggles, worries, bondage and the list is unending. In the kingdom of God, there is liberty to communicate and fellowship with God. This Kingdom that I am talking about is within you if you are a born again Christian. “You”, is referring to your spirit man.

Luke 17:20-21- “And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation” Neither shall they say, lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Ideally, there is supposed to be a continuous flow of what lies within you to your soul. This makes you realise who you are and what you have. However, to achieve this, you must allow the word of God to change the way you think. When you read and study the word of God, the word tells you who you really are in Christ. The more you focus on the word of God, the more your soul comes into agreement with who you are in the spirit. This then changes what you think of and how you think. Consequently, both factors begin to influence the words that come out of your mouth.

To release what resides within you, your conversation must be according to the gospel. The words that come out of your mouth must be according to what the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ has accomplished for you. The gospel says that you are saved, delivered, prosperous, and healed and that all the works of the enemy are destroyed. So, no matter the circumstance and the situation, you must always confess positively what Jesus Christ has accomplished for you on the cross. When he said it is finished, He meant what He said. Your pain is finished, your poverty is finished, your bad habits and addictions are finished.

Philippians 1:27a - “Only let your conversation be as it becomes the Gospel of Christ”

Are you a Christian and still walking in the flesh, therefore struggling to live a life that is pleasing unto God? You are trying please God by your works and this leads to frustration. You are still committing fornication, you are addicted to drugs, and you are struggling with various kinds of immoral habits. You keep falling in and out of sin. You feel condemned and you sometimes think that it is God condemning you. I have good news for you.

Romans 8:1- “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”

The first thing you should know is that God loves you and He looks at you for who you are in your inner man. Secondly, the condemning thoughts you are having are from your heart and it is not God condemning you. The solution to the problem is that you must begin to see yourself the way you really are in the spirit. The kingdom of God lies within you, therefore the problems you are having cannot be in your spirit but it is within your soul. As a result, you must begin to renew your mind with the word of God and this brings a change in what you think and how you think.

The word of God says that “as Christ is, so are you in this world” (1John 4: 17). You have the nature of Christ in you. As you begin to confess who you are, slowly a transformation begins to take place in your soul and this changes the way you think. The manner in which you think, also determines the way you express your words. This is because you will speak out of the abundance of what is in your heart. Shortly you will discover that the desire to sin has disappeared and you are now focused on Godly things.

Whenever there is an issue in your life, your confession must be “this is what Jesus died for”. Your faith must always be in the completed work of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. You will be confident that it is well because He died and rose again. This is your evidence, your assurance and confidence. You must be fully persuaded that your problems are finished because Jesus himself declared that it is finished on the cross of Calvary.

Enjoy the blessings of God

The Word of God is Health to your Body Part 2

In the last blog, I described the word of God as medication; which when taken as prescribed, will give the desired result. This week I am going to continue with the same topic.

Do you know that as a born again child of God, your body is the temple of the living God?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 - “What? Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's”.

What is the most common activity that goes on in the temple of God? I guess it is worship and prayer. These are the only activities that have the legal right to operate in the temple of God. Cast your mind back to what happened when Jesus went to the temple of God and found people buying and selling. He did not waste time at all but instead sent them out immediately. That is what you too are supposed to do when other activities are going on in your body that are not ordained by God; you have the authority to put an end to such activities. You do this by commanding those activities to cease and then to leave your body in Jesus name.

Matthew 21:12-14 - “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple; and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. And said unto them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves”.

What I can deduce from this verse of scripture is that the temple of God became a den for thieves because it was not used as a house of prayer. Likewise if your body is not used a house of prayer, it might end up being a den for thieves. Jesus described the thief (Satan) as coming to steal kill and destroy.

John 10:10 - “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly”.

How do you make your body a house of prayer? The answer is that you pray in tongues more often. When you pray in tongues, it is the Holy Spirit helping you to pray with your spirit and you are praying according to the will of God. The Lord owns His temple and I believe that His assistance in prayer is more effective. It is the owner of the temple that knows the needs of the temple better. It is not by your might nor by your power but by the spirit of God (Zachariah 4:6).

Romans 8:26-27 - “Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God”.

I will remind you again that when you are born again; your spirit becomes complete and perfect. Your spirit becomes one with the spirit of Christ (1Corinthians 6:17) and as Christ is, so are you in this world (1 John 2:27).

When you pray in tongues, you are building up yourself (soul and body) to be in conformity to who you really are in the spirit. In the spirit, you have good health and you lack nothing. When you build up yourself by praying in tongues, what was not whole before in your body starts becoming whole. Speaking in tongues by the leading of the Holy Spirit builds up your body from every wear and tear.

Jude 1:20 - “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost”.

I want you to know that sickness and disease are strangers in your body that need to be kicked out. They are strangers who make themselves guests but you must not welcome them. When you continue to pray in the spirit, every sickness or disease in your body begins to leave your body. It does not matter where the sickness might be hiding, it will be snuffed out in Jesus name. Every stranger in your body must fade away in Jesus name.

Psalm 18:45 - “The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places”.

Praying in tongues keeps you in the love of God and this builds up your faith. You begin to have more understanding of the love that God has for you. The more you understand His love, the more revelation you have of the completed work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. One of His completed works is that you have been healed by the stripes on His body. This revelation of the love of God drives out fear from your life because the bible says that perfect love drives out fear (1John 4:18). Your faith is built up because there is no more fear in your heart.

Jude 1:20-21 – “But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life”.

The bible says that when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord raises a standard against the enemy. Who is this enemy? It is the devil (John 10:10). He is the one that steals the health of people because he is a thief. When you pray in tongues, rivers of living water starts to flow out of your belly (John 7:37-38). I believe that these rivers are infinite and so has the ability to stand against any flood. The rivers of living water flowing out of your belly raises up a standard against the enemy. What you have flowing out of your belly is the power of the Holy Ghost and this will flush out every sickness from your body.

Isaiah 59:19 – “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him”.

God has provided everything you need to enjoy your life and also to live a godly life. He has prepared for you great and mighty things. Some of these things eyes have not seen them and ears have not heard them. You can only know these things by the help of the Holy Spirit. Allow him to help you pray and you will be amazed as he searches through your spirit and begins to give you revelation of those things that your mind has not perceived before. Continue to pray in the spirit and believe what the word of God says about you. Your transformation would soon be evident to all.

Enjoy the blessings of God

The Word of God is Health to your Body Part 1

Last week’s letter was about the word of God and its power. This week you will have more understanding of the word of God and its power to heal your body.

With regards to health, you can liken the word of God to medication. You are expected to take your medication as prescribed by your physician if you want a positive result. Symptoms may persist for a while but you have faith in the medication. You usually continue taking the medication for at least three days before you conclude that it is not effective. God is the greatest physician and he is willing to heal at all times. He only wants you to take his word as prescribed.

Proverbs 4:20-22 -“My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart, for they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh”.

                            The Application of the Word of God

1. Attend to the word of God: (Pay attention to it). Look up bible passages that talk about victory in your situation.1. Attend to the word of God: (Pay attention to it). Look up bible passages that talk about victory in your situation.

2. Incline your ear to what it says: Begin to read these passages to yourself and believe that they are for you.

3. Let them not depart from your eyes: Meditate on them all the time.

4. Keep them in the midst of your heart: Continue to ponder over them and believe what the word of God says about you. Do not entertain any negative thoughts. Allow the word of God penetrate your heart because that is where it will impact your life.

Do not allow any negative thoughts to shift the word of God out of your heart. When negative thoughts come, reject them immediately.
(Study 2 Corinthians 10:3-5) Continue to confess out loud what the word of God says about you. Do not give up and you will soon see a change in your situation.

5. They are life to those that find them: Begin to see yourself as the word of God say you are. This is because you have found the truth and the truth has set you free.

6. The word of God is health to your flesh: Begin to enjoy good health.

7. Maintenance: Continue to maintain your victory by confessing the word of God.


                                                   Testimonies
Testimony 1
There was a time that I developed back ache and so I asked my husband to apply liniment to ease the pain. However, the pain became so bad that I felt the pain as I breathed. The following day, I woke up with severe pain and I thought to myself “why don’t I take some analgesics?” Then I thought that I should be able to believe God for all things.

Almost immediately, I changed my mind and started confessing the word of God. I was healed by the afternoon. I initially thought it was a bad mattress causing the problem but I later found out that it was because I was sleeping on two mattresses at the same time. I rectified the situation and the back ache did not return. God did two things, he healed me and then he showed me the cause of the problem to prevent reoccurrence. If you learn to believe God for little things, it will not be difficult to believe him for big things.


Testimony 2
There was another time that I started having symptoms of urinary tract infection. I felt pressed to go to the toilet and all I passed was a tiny amount of urine and the process was painful. The pain continued in the lower part of my abdomen. I have had this symptom several times in the past, and I only felt better after taking a course of antibiotics. I had to make a decision whether to get antibiotics, or stand on the word of God.

As a medical doctor, I knew that in the physical the infection could only settle down with antibiotics. I however decided to meditate on the word of God which says that “by the stripes of Jesus, I am healed”. The pain continued but I did not give up. Later on, the intensity of the pain began to subside and in approximately 4 hours, the pain had gone. The next time I went to the toilet I passed urine freely and it was pain free. The following morning the pain came back and immediately I spoke the word of God “by the stripes of Jesus I am healed” and the pain disappeared instantly and that was the end of the infection

I want to you to know and believe, that the word of God does not return to him void until it has accomplished what it has been sent to do.

Isaiah 55:11 - “So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”

The word of God will accomplish great things and prosper in your life in Jesus name. Continue to meditate on the word of God, confess it and your transformation will soon be evident to all.

                                          Some Healing Scriptures
Old Testament
Exod. 15:26 | Exod. 23:25-26 | Deut 7:15 | Ps 91:9-10 | Ps 103:1-5 | Ps 107:19-20 | Prov. 4:20-23 | Isa 41:10 | Isa 53:4-5 | Isa 55:9-11 | Isa 58:6-11 | Jer. 30:17 | Mal 3:6 | Mal 4:2-3

New Testament
Matt 7:7-11 | Matt 8:16-17 | Matt 9:35 | Matt 15:30-31 | Mark 11:22-24 | Mark 16:17-18 | Luke 4:17-19 | Luke 9:1-2 | Luke 10:8-9 | Luke 13:16 | Acts 4:29-30 Acts 5:15-16 | Acts 10:38 |James 5:13-16  |1 Peter 2:24 | 1 John 5:14-15 | 3 John 2

Enjoy the blessings of God.